FOUCAULT, LEON. Demonstration physique du mouvement de rotation de la terre au moyen du pendule. In: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Acamémie des Sciences. Tome XXXII, Number 5 (3 Février 1851). Paris: Bachelier, 1851. 4to, original printed pink wrappers, split along central fold, some chipping at edges; scattered light foxing; cloth folding case. PMM 330 (with the title incorrect).

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FOUCAULT, LEON. Demonstration physique du mouvement de rotation de la terre au moyen du pendule. In: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Acamémie des Sciences. Tome XXXII, Number 5 (3 Février 1851). Paris: Bachelier, 1851. 4to, original printed pink wrappers, split along central fold, some chipping at edges; scattered light foxing; cloth folding case. PMM 330 (with the title incorrect).

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"Although the rotation of the earth had been accepted since Copernicus, it was Foucault who first demonstrated it by experiment."--PMM 330.

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