Today's google doodle

[madamesilverspurs]

--- check it out. (Sorry, I couldn't capture it).

It's Foucault's Pendulum. I remember seeing that at the Smithsonian back in the 1970s. Pretty darned amazing.

[liberal N proud]

1. Sadly the Smithsonian removed that pendulum

and all the really cool displays where you could get lost for hours.

They turned the whole museum into 15 minute snip-its.

[X_Digger]

3. Whaaa?!? :(

I went there as a teenager and spent four hours in the blink of an eye.

[Koko Ware]

2. The Gates Planetarium still has it IIRC.... at the Denver Museum of Natural History & Science

I forgot what they call themselves these day...

[MineralMan]

4. There was (is?) one in the Griffith Park Observatory

in L.A. I've been there dozens of times, but not for many, many years. It was one of my favorite places as a kid, and I could spend hours there, entranced.

ETA: Their Foucault Pendulum is still there. So is their giant Tesla coil. On one field trip, I was the kid selected to go into the Tesla Coil room and have my hair stand on end. Whee!

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Cool

[CherokeeDem]

6. The Lexington Public Library....

Lexington, KY has a Foucault's Pendulum in the lobby of the Central Library, and it is fascinating.

From the library website: http://www.lexpublib.org/page/ceiling-clock-foucault-pendulum

Ceiling Clock & Foucault Pendulum

Project History

In 2001, Lexington philanthropist Lucille Caudill Little dreamed of a huge ceiling clock adorning the Central Library rotunda. Due to her generosity, her dream became a reality. Today, our rotunda has been transformed by the world’s largest ceiling clock, a five story Foucault pendulum and a frieze depicting the history of the horse in the Bluegrass. The project is a memorial to Mrs. Little’s husband W. Paul Little and their family friend Charles H. Jett III. It was designed by another family friend, Lexington artist Adalin Wichman.

Construction on the project began in late October 2001, with the erection of a four-story tall scaffolding in the rotunda. The clock, built by the Verdin Clock Co. of Cincinnati, was installed on the fourth floor ceiling in late November, after which the terrazzo floor, the frieze, and the pendulum were installed. Mrs. Little started the library’s pendulum on New Year’s Eve by burning the cord holding the plumb bob in place.

Project Components

[benld74]

7. I'm waiting or someone to photoshop Cyrus swinging on it,,,,,,,,