Short Foucault pendulum: A way to eliminate the precession due to ellipticity
作者:
H. Richard Crane,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 49,
issue 11
页码: 1004-1006
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1119/1.12655
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: PENDULUMS;ERRORS;MODIFICATIONS;PRECESSION
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The problem of ellipticity in the motion of the ordinary Foucault pendulum and the error caused by it are discussed. A simple method of slightly modifying the force–displacement relation in such a way that precession does not result from ellipticity is presented. The practical range of length of the Foucault pendulum is extended downward substantially. As experimental verification, results from a 70‐cm pendulum, mounted as a ’’wall clock’’ are given. Rates of turning from daily readings show a 2% rms deviation from the mean, and the long‐term average is within 2% of the rate calculated for the local latitude.
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