Monday, November 24, 2008

Foucault's pendulum

Foucault's pendulum at the Pantheon in Paris. While originally built to demonstrate the rotation of the earth the site for this pendulum, as descibed in Umberto Eco's acclaimed novel - Foucault's Pendulum, became the venue for secret gatherings and arcane rituals where among other entities ectoplasmic forms made their appearance

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