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We are the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated
to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity
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Born #OnThisDay in 1819 was French
physicist
eon Foucault ForMemRS. His most
famous experiment was the Foucault
Pendulum; which demonstrated the rotation of
the Earth on its axis
an example of which you
can see below in the Pantheon; Paris
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OPEN HOUSE 2020
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