Foucault Pendulum
Foucaults Pendulum
A Foucault pendulum is often regarded as perhaps the best proof of a rotating Earth. The idea is that a large weighted pendulum is allowed to swing unhindered over some calibrated surface underneath, and as the Earth supposedly rotates, the direction of the pendulum appears to move.
The scientifically minded amongst you will immediately realise that this can only ever work perfectly when the pendulum is suspended above the North or South Pole, with the Earth supposedly rotating directly underneath it. At any other latitude the effect is reduced. With this principle in mind:
If you ever see a Foucault pendulum behaving perfectly, and you are not at the North or South Pole, then you know that the pendulum will have been made to swing in this manner.
Also, bear in mind that over the course of time, the natural momentum of a free swinging pendulum will decrease. With this principle in mind:
If you ever see a Foucault pendulum swinging automatically seemingly indefinitely, it is being made to swing this way, probably by using electro magnets.
Those who have studied genuine Foucault pendulums will attest to how difficult it is to get them to work. The platform and pivot have to be absolutely solid, the pivot has to be totally free to move in any direction at all. There has to be no adverse air currents present, and the release mechanism of the 'bob' (the weight itself) has to be absolutely neutral so as not to influence the swing. With all these factors, it would seem that finding an automated museum pendulum which works continually all by itself is highly unlikely.
So if you eventually manage to find yourself a Foucault pendulum that seems to be genuine, and observe the apparent rotation of the Earth, is that actually proof of Earths rotation?
Answer: No. Even if you have the perfect setup over the poles which show a full 360 degree rotation in 24 hours, all you have proved is that 'something' causes the effect. Everyone knows that the gravitational pull of the Moon is the cause of our ocean tides. Geocentrists generally believe that the stars all rotate in a kind of shell of which Polaris is virtually the centre. Just as the Moon causes a gravitational pull on our tides, this massive rotating 'shell' as well as the Moon and Sun causes what is foolishly mistaken for the rotation of the Earth.
Touching on this area Maurice Allais discovered what is now termed the allais effect. Allais made two meticulous studies of pendulum behaviour during the 1950s, and repeatedly found that pendulums altered their swing by several degrees during solar eclipses. Of course this did not fit in with the sun worshippers imagined view of things and although the phenomena still persists, they like to pretend that it doesn't!
If Foucaults pendulum is the best proof for a rotating Earth, then it fails miserably!
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The scientifically minded amongst you will immediately realise that this can only ever work perfectly when the pendulum is suspended above the North or South Pole, with the Earth supposedly rotating directly underneath it. At any other latitude the effect is reduced. With this principle in mind:
If you ever see a Foucault pendulum behaving perfectly, and you are not at the North or South Pole, then you know that the pendulum will have been made to swing in this manner.
Also, bear in mind that over the course of time, the natural momentum of a free swinging pendulum will decrease. With this principle in mind:
If you ever see a Foucault pendulum swinging automatically seemingly indefinitely, it is being made to swing this way, probably by using electro magnets.
Those who have studied genuine Foucault pendulums will attest to how difficult it is to get them to work. The platform and pivot have to be absolutely solid, the pivot has to be totally free to move in any direction at all. There has to be no adverse air currents present, and the release mechanism of the 'bob' (the weight itself) has to be absolutely neutral so as not to influence the swing. With all these factors, it would seem that finding an automated museum pendulum which works continually all by itself is highly unlikely.
So if you eventually manage to find yourself a Foucault pendulum that seems to be genuine, and observe the apparent rotation of the Earth, is that actually proof of Earths rotation?
Answer: No. Even if you have the perfect setup over the poles which show a full 360 degree rotation in 24 hours, all you have proved is that 'something' causes the effect. Everyone knows that the gravitational pull of the Moon is the cause of our ocean tides. Geocentrists generally believe that the stars all rotate in a kind of shell of which Polaris is virtually the centre. Just as the Moon causes a gravitational pull on our tides, this massive rotating 'shell' as well as the Moon and Sun causes what is foolishly mistaken for the rotation of the Earth.
Touching on this area Maurice Allais discovered what is now termed the allais effect. Allais made two meticulous studies of pendulum behaviour during the 1950s, and repeatedly found that pendulums altered their swing by several degrees during solar eclipses. Of course this did not fit in with the sun worshippers imagined view of things and although the phenomena still persists, they like to pretend that it doesn't!
If Foucaults pendulum is the best proof for a rotating Earth, then it fails miserably!
If you have any questions or comments, please email us