Box of string loops for Foucault Pendulum.
- Made:
- 1985-1987 in South Kensington
- maker:
- Science Museum
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Painted tinplate steel box containing numerous string loops, by the Science Museum, London, United Kingdom, 1985-1987. For use with the leather strap to hold the Foucault pendulum bob in place. Attached to both the strap and a hook on the side of the pedulum scale, the string was burnt through with a lighted match to release the pendulum into its swinging motion.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1883-8/5
- Materials:
- cotton (thread), plastic (unidentified), steel (metal) and tin plated
- type:
- container
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- physics demonstration equipment
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