List of Foucault pendulums

List of Foucault pendulums

This is a list of Foucault pendula in the world:

Europe

Austria

* Technical Museum, Vienna, Austria

Belarus

* " [http://new.bspu.unibel.by Belarus State Pedagogic University] ", Minsk, Belarus

Belgium

* Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen
* Technopolis, Mechelen
* Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie, Sint-Niklaas (from May 9 till June 6)

Bulgaria

* Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus" [http://astro-varna.com/] [http://astro-varna.com/en/aparat.html] , Varna, Bulgaria - "Length:" 14.4 m

Czech Republic

* Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Kralove [http://www.astrohk.cz/] , Czech Republic, Hradec Kralove - "Length:" 10 m, "weight:" 8.5 kg
* Czech Technical University [http://www.cvut.cz/] , Czech Republic, Prague - "Length:" 21 m, "weight:" 34 kg
* Rotunda in Castle Flower Garden [http://www.azz.cz/?pg=301&lng=2] , Czech Republic, Kromeriz - "Length:" 25 m, "weight:" 30 kg

Denmark

* Steno Museet, Aarhus, Denmark
* Odense Technical College, Odense, Denmark
* Geocenter, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - "Length" 25 m, "weight:" 145 kg

Finland

* Department of Physics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
* Eurajoki, Finland - "Length:" 40 m, "weight:" 110 kg
* Finnish Science Centre Heureka, Vantaa, Finland
* The watertower of Kuusamo, Finland

France

* The Pantheon, Paris, France - "Length:" 220 ft (67 m) "weight:" 28 kg
* Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris.
* Musée du Temps, Besançon

Germany

* German Museum of Technology [http://www.goethe.de/wis/fut/thm/en566074.htm] , Berlin, Germany
* University of Bremen, Germany
* [http://pendelcam.kip.uni-heidelberg.de University of Heidelberg] , Germany
* Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg [http://www.haw-hamburg.de/m/fachberg/physik/pendel/index-f.html] , Hamburg, Germany
* School for Business and Technique, Mainz, Germany
* Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany - "Length:" 30 m, "weight:" 30 kg
* Osnabrück University [http://obelix.physik.uni-osnabrueck.de/~schnack/foucault/] , Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany - "Length:" 19.5 m, "weight:" 70 kg
* Gymnasium of the city Lennestadt, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany - "Length:" 11 m, "weight:" 50 kg, period: 6.7 s
* Cornelsen Verlag publishing house, Berlin, Germany
* University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule), Schweinfurt, Germany

Hungary

* Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in one of the Lágymányosi buildings

Iceland

* Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavík power distributor, Reykjavík, Iceland

Israel

* Gitam/BBDO Ltd, Ramat Gan, Israel

Italy

* San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
* Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy
* Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia (Leonardo Da Vinci), Milan, Italy

Luxembourg

* Central University, Luxembourg - "Length:" 16 m, "weight" 32 kg

Netherlands

* Radboud University Nijmegen [http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/images/tour/HG-opening_smaller.mov]
* Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem [http://web.mac.com/planeten.paultje/iWeb/Planeten_Paultje/Blog/6BA9B8BF-B4BC-46D4-8F6D-6986CDE48513.html]

Moldova

* State University, Chisinau - "Length:" 19 m, "Weight" 155 kg (2006 - 1851 = 155)

Norway

* Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway [http://www.fys.uio.no/pendel/]
* Realfagbygget, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Norway

Poland

* Nicolaus Copernicus Museum [http://www.frombork.art.pl/Ang01.htm] , Frombork, Poland - "Length:" 28 m, "weight:" 46.5 kg
* St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Krakow, Poland - "Length:" 46.5 m, "weight:" 25 kg
* Polytechnic, Gdansk - "Length:" 26 m, "weight:" 64 kg
* Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
* Copernicus Centre, Warsaw, Poland (under construction 2006)

Portugal

* National Natural History Museum and Science Museum, Lisbon University, Portugal

pain

* Hall of the Faculties of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain - "Length:" 7 m, "weight:" 20 kg
* Parque de las Ciencias [http://www.parqueciencias.com] , Granada, Spain
* Cosmocaixa Museum, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
* Mathematics Faculty, University of Barcelona
* Cosmocaixa Museum, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
* "Villanueva" Building, National Astronomical Observatory, Madrid, Spain
* Pabellón de la Energía Viva [http://www.pabellondelaenergiaviva.com] , Seville, Spain
* Casa de las Ciencias [http://www.casaciencias.org/casa/] , A Coruña, Spain - "Length:" 14 m, "weight:" 125 kg
* Museu de les Arts i les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain - "Length:" 34 m [ [http://www.cac.es Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias de Valencia- Arte, Cultura, Museo, Ciencia, IMAX, Oceanográfico, Hemisferic ] ]

weden

* Xperiment Huset [http://www.xperiment.se/xaktiv_e.htm] , Lokstallarna, VÄXJÖ, Sweden - "Weight:" 32 kg
* Technical Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

witzerland

* Centro Professionale Biasca, Switzerland [http://www.cpbiasca.ch/pendolo/index.htm] - "Length:" 15 m, "weight:" 102 kg
* Naturmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
* Gymnasium Oberwil, Basel-Land, Switzerland

United Kingdom

* University of Derby, Buxton, UK
* O-Block, Magdalene College, Cambridge UK
* The Grange School [http://www.grange.org.uk/index.htm] , Cheshire, UK
* Princes Square Shopping Centre, Glasgow, UK
* University of Liverpool Chemistry Department
* Science Museum, London, UK
* University of Manchester Conference Centre [http://www.conference.manchester.ac.uk/manchesterconferencecentre/aboutus/thependulum/] , UK
* Harris Museum [http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/] , Preston, UK
* Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Sleaford [http://www.thefoucaultproject.co.uk/]
* University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Africa

* Giyani Science Centre, Giyani, Limpopo Province, South Africa
* Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa
* Natural Science Museum, Albany Museum Complex, Grahamstown, South Africa
* Heritage Garden, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Asia

India

* Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University [http://www.ddugu.edu.in/facultyofscience/physics/focault%20pendulum/default.html] , India
* Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, [http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/] , Pune, India
* Tel Bhavan, ONGC, Dehradun, India
* Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, GUJARAT

Iran

* University of Isfahan, Isfahan
* Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Japan

* National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
* Fukusai-ji (Fukusai Temple), or Nagasaki Kannon Universal Temple, Nagasaki, Japan
* Katsushika Planetarium, Tokyo, Japan
* Tokyo DisneySea (in the Pendulum Room inside Fortress Explorations), Chiba, Japan
* Hyogo Planetarium, Himeji, Japan
* Kyoto Youth Science Centre, Fuji-no-Mori, Kyoto, Japan

Pakistan

* Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Thailand

* Khonkaen University, Bangkok, Thailand

Turkey

* Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara, Turkey. [http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~physics/index_eng.html]
* EGE University, Izmir, Turkey

North America

Alphabetic by state or province, then place.

Canada

Central and South America

* College of Agriculture, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
* Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, [http://www.fcen.uba.ar/pendulo] , Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Length: 27.35 m. Period: 10.4 secs)
* [http://www.fi.uba.ar/museo/ Museum of Science and Technology] , [http://www.fi.uba.ar/ Engineering School] , University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Museu do Universo at the planetarium of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
* Central Library of the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela.

Australasia

* " [http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/PHYSICS_!/FOUCAULT_PENDULUM/foucault_pendulum.html Foucault pendulum] ", School of Physics, University of New South Wales
* Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra
* Gravity Discovery Centre [http://www.gdc.asn.au] , Military Rd, Gingin, Western Australia
* School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
* School of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
* School of Physics, Bragg Building,University of Adelaide, North Terrace,South Australia.
* College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
* Queensland Museum, " [http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/sciencentre/ Sciencentre] ", Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Antarctica

* South Pole [http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/students/baker/SouthPoleFoucault.html] - "Length:" 33 m, "weight:" 25 kg

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