Looking Down on the Foucault Pendulum

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Summary

Looking down on the Foucault pendulum in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 19, Folder: 5 and Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 5

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1970s

Standard number

SIA2010-2912 or P6476A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Object

Exhibit

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Object; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Foucault's pendulum

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_7363