{"id":571399,"date":"2010-05-19T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5542967"},"modified":"2010-05-19T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T02:20:00","slug":"the-snapping-of-foucaults-pendulum-oops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571399","title":{"rendered":"The Snapping of Foucault&#8217;s Pendulum [Oops]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"><a title=\"Click here to read The Snapping of Foucault's Pendulum\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/oops\/\" style=\"background-color:#888888; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:12px;text-align:right; display:block; height:14px; padding:1px 2px; text-decoration:none; text-transform:uppercase; width:156px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\" class=\"hash\">#<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">oops<\/span><\/a><\/div -->\n<div><a title=\"Click here to read The Snapping of Foucault's Pendulum\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5542967\/the-snapping-of-foucaults-pendulum\" class=\"pp_image\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-color: #B3B3B3; border-width: 0 1px 1px; border-style: none solid solid;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" title=\"Click here to read The Snapping of Foucault's Pendulum\" alt=\"Click here to read The Snapping of Foucault's Pendulum\" src=\"http:\/\/cache-01.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/05\/160x120_foucaultpendulum.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tIn 1851, <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #leonfoucault\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #leonfoucault\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/leonfoucault\/\">Leon Foucault<\/a> demonstrated the Earth&#8217;s rotation to the world with a magnificent pendulum in the Paris Pantheon. In 2010, that pendulum crashed to the Mus\u00e9e des Arts et M\u00e9tiers&#8217; marble floor. 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In 2010, that pendulum crashed to the Mus\u00e9e des Arts et M\u00e9tiers&#8217; marble floor. The damage, as they say, is irreparable. 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