Geography Quote by Umberto Eco
““He offers what is no longer a map, but a strange projection of the entire globe from the point of view of the Pole, the mystic Pole, naturally, and therefore from the point of view of an ideal Pendulum suspended from an ideal keystone. This is a map specially conceived to be placed beneath a Pendulum! It’s obvious, undeniable; I can’t imagine why somebody hasn’t already seen—””
![“The observations, so numerous and so important, of the pendulum as object are especially relevant to the length of its oscillations. Those that I propose to make known to the [Paris] Academy [of Sciences] are principally addressed to the direction of the plane of its oscillation, which, moving…” quote by Leon Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e85/leon-foucault-85526_academy_the-observations-so-numerous-and-so-impo_870149.jpg)
