Oh no! The cable of Foucault’s pendulum snapped last month and caused the brass bob to be damaged beyond repair!
Sure they can recreate it, but won’t be the same. :(
One of the bits of info that saddens me the most in the original article by Times Higher Education:
The museum regularly hosts cocktail parties in the chapel that houses the pendulum, and Mr Lalande admitted that several alarming incidents had occurred over the past year. In May 2009, for example, a partygoer grabbed the 28kg instrument and swung it into a security barrier.
Seriously? No respect at all. :(
