Years ago, I went through the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, I think, and they had one that ran four stories and was mesmerizing. It showed how it rotates as it swings due to the earth rotation. Really cool. That was in 73 after I picked up a hitchhiker going from one exit to another in NC, but he got me high, it was 1973 and I ended up driving him to Maryland. We dropped some blotter sometime and going through the entire Smithsonian. I swear King Tuts mummy is still alive,saw him breath!😂😂
@michaelklim82775 ай бұрын
😂 I loved that story, and thank you for sharing what this machine is. I don't know about desktop, but I'm on mobile, and it wouldn't translate the description, so I was just left guessing that it might be related to the Earth's rotation.
@annasdad80085 ай бұрын
The pendulum is in the National Museum of American History, near the original Star Spangled Banner and the magnificent sculpture of George Washington. The building is next door to the Natural History Museum so it’s easy for it to all run together when visiting there. When I worked in DC (many years ago) I would go to watch the pendulum after a bad day at work, it is so soothing. I also love the exhibits in the Natural History Museum (dinosaurs, whales, mummies, Hope Diamond, etc) and the displays in the Air and Space Museum (directly across the mall). These and the art museum are among the very few things I miss about living there. While they are wonderful places to visit having them readily available is not even remotely enough to want to put up with the rest of DC. We moved away from there over three decades ago and have been happy we did so ever since. The visiting Tutankhamen display at the Smithsonian was in 1976 to 1979. There are quite a number of other permanent mummies at the Smithsonian though a large percentage of Egyptian mummies and other artifacts world wide have been and continue to be repatriated back to Egypt.
@shanelipe25525 ай бұрын
@@michaelklim8277pendulum clock.
@wademeitner66055 ай бұрын
That's hilarious, thanks for the story.
@sierraben4 ай бұрын
There's one in Golden Gate Park. It's called a Foucault Pendulum.