| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1E20.00 | Rotating Reference Frames | | |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | PIRA 500 | |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | 1E20.10 | A ceiling mounted pendulum swings freely. The change in path is noted at the end of the class period. |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | AJP 29(9),646 | Suspension for a large (120# - 36') non driven Foucault pendulum. |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | Mz-6 | A large pendulum hung from the ceiling swings for an hour. |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | M-208 | Optical arrangement for projecting the Foucault pendulum motion. |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | M-19e | Permanent corridor demonstration as described in Scientific American, vol 210, Feb. 64, 132-9. |
| 1E20.10 | Foucault pendulum | Disc 06-13 | Look at the plane of swing at six ten minute intervals. |
| 1E20.11 | short Foucault pendulum | AJP 46(4),438 | Pictures and a circuit diagram for a well done short Foucault pendulum. |
| 1E20.11 | short Foucault pendulum | AJP 49(11),1004 | A 70 cm pendulum with a method of nullifying the precession due to ellipicity. |
| 1E20.11 | Foucault pendulum | AJP 54(8),759 | A Foucault pendulum driver for limited space exhibits. |
| 1E20.11 | short, continuous Foucault pendulum | AJP 46(5),419 | Modification of the AJP 46,384 (1978) pendulum to make it portable so it can be moved into lecture rooms for demonstration. |
| 1E20.11 | Foucault pendulum | TPT 21(7),477 | Plans for a very short (50 cm) Foucault pendulum. |
| 1E20.11 | Foucault pendulum | TPT 19(6),421 | Several novel features that can be incorporated in the design of a short Foucault pendulum to make construction and operation relatively simple. |
| 1E20.12 | time lapse Foucault cycle | TPT 28(6),362 | The author will provide a videotape of a complete time lapsed cycle of the Foucault pendulum filmed at the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus for preview and copying. |
| 1E20.13 | Foucault pendulum | AJP 46(4),436 | A 2 meter Foucault pendulum with a Charron ring drive. |
| 1E20.14 | Foucault pendulum | TPT 19(2),134 | The support wire for a 2.8 meter Foucault pendulum is lengthened by heating at the end of each swing. |
| 1E20.14 | Foucault pendulum | 13-4.4 | Foucault pendulum drive mechanisms. |
| 1E20.15 | Foucault pendulum drive | AJP 34(7),615 | An electromagnet is placed below the equilibrium position of the bob. Circuit for the drive is given. |
| 1E20.16 | Foucault pendulum | 13-4.3 | An optical projection system to show the deflection of a Foucault pendulum after 100 oscillations. |
| 1E20.16 | Foucault pendulum | M-207 | General text about the Foucault pendulum. |
| 1E20.19 | Foucault pendulum - Onnes experiment | AJP 38(2),173 | A review of Onnes' analysis that led to the first properly functioning Foucault pendulum. More stuff. |
| 1E20.19 | general and historical article | TPT 28(5),264 | Some discussion of a current murder novel, some history of Foucault's work, etc. |
| 1E20.20 | Foucault pendulum model | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1E20.20 | Foucault pendulum model | 1E20.20 | A pendulum is mounted on a rotating turntable. |
| 1E20.20 | Foucault pendulum model, etc | TPT 20(2),116 | Build a simple model of the Foucault pendulum and demonstrate the Coriolis effect by the curved trace method. |
| 1E20.20 | Foucault pendulum model | Mz-7 | A simple pendulum supported above the center of a turntable. |
| 1E20.20 | Foucault pendulum model | M-209 | A simple pendulum hanging from a rotating platform. |
| 1E20.20 | Foucault pendulum model | M-19d | Picture of a nice Foucault pendulum model. |
| 1E20.21 | rotating frame | 8-5.7 | A monkey puppet sits on a rotating reference frame to help the student visualize a non-inertial frame. |
| 1E20.22 | Foucault pendulum model | 13-4.1 | Sit on a rotating chair with a table on your lab. A pendulum releasing ink marks a clear pattern on the paper. |
| 1E20.26 | geometric model | AJP 55(1),67 | A geometrical model helps correct some common misconceptions about the plane of oscillation of the Foucault pendulum. |
| 1E20.27 | Foucault pendulum | TPT 18(6),459 | Excellent diagram explaining the variation of rotation of the Foucault pendulum with latitude |
| 1E20.28 | Foucault pendulum precession | AJP 46(7),725 | Derivation of the Foucault pendulum period shows that no correction factor is needed for (1 m) lengths. Contradicts C.L.Strong, Sci.Am. 210,136 (1964). |
| 1E20.30 | Foucault pendulum latitude model | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1E20.30 | Foucault pendulum latitude model | 1E20.30 | See AJP 47(4),365. |
| 1E20.30 | Foucault pendulum latitude model | AJP 47(4),365 | A vibrating elastic steel wire pendulum demonstrates how the rotation of the plane of oscillation depends on the latitude. |
| 1E20.35 | Foucault pendulum latitude model | AJP 37(11),1126 | A ball on rod pendulum set at 45 degrees latitude can be driven by a solenoid inside the globe. |
| 1E20.35 | Foucault pendulum model | 13-4.2 | An electromagnet inside a globe drives a small pendulum at a selected latitude. Construction details p.592. |
| 1E20.40 | Theory and two demostrations | AJP 57(3),247 | The concept of a locally inertial frame is used to study motion in accelerated frames. Two demonstrations are presented. |
| 1E20.50 | rotating room | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1E20.50 | rotating room | AJP 43(7),567 | Design for a rotating room that seats four at a table, and has four possible speeds. |
| 1E20.50 | motion room | AJP 58(7),668 | A rotating motion room that holds four students. |
| 1E20.50 | catch on a rotating platform | TPT 20(2),102 | Students try to play catch on a large rotating system. Other possibilities for the apparatus are discussed. |
| 1E20.51 | rotating coordinate frame visualizer | AJP 39(10),1129 | Experiments performed on a rotating frame are projected onto a screen through a rotating dove prism. Centrifugal force, coriolis force, angular acceleration, cyclones and anticyclones, Foucault pendulum, etc. |