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The list of the hints

  • Biographies of Eotvos and Foucault
  • The story about what made Eötvös do research on this topic
  • The concept of weight
  • Ship in the sea
  • Motion in a rotating frame of reference
  • How to make a Foucault-pendulum (animation)
  • The velocity of an object travelling at the equator
  • The magnitude of centrifugal force at different latitudes
  • A calculator to work out the change in weight
  • A link to a simulation on resonance
  • The simulation of the working equipment
  • An external link to a classic educational film about the operating equipment
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