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Scientific American, Vol. 6, No. 39 (1851) (1851)

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a pa- motion of the pendulum at the pole is not dif- hasty conclusions, which may be attributable The path of the pendulum in latitudes be- tent, as it has been somewhat loudly applaud. ficult to conceive, The plane in which oscil- to ether causes than the earth’s rotation. In tween the pole and… … Patented Sept. 19,1848. (Page 1,051 Patent Upon a globe a foot or more in diameter It is influenced by so many varying condi- be possible that the earth’s rotation can be Office Rep., 1848; Claim 5,785).—What I having upon it the hour parallels, small circu- tions that a strictly true mechanical…

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