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Old 02-July-2008, 01:20 PM
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For example, long period Foucault pendulums - designed to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth - have been known to swing wildly during eclipses.
This is the first I'm hearing of this. Any truth to it? Anyone know of links to papers on the phenomena?
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