Beyond his famous pendulum experiment, Léon Foucault is credited with naming and developing what device, which uses a spinning wheel to maintain its orientation?
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Gyroscope
Foucault used the gyroscope in 1852 to further demonstrate the Earth's rotation, as the device's axis remains fixed in space while the Earth turns.
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- What device, consisting of a spinning wheel that maintains its orientation, was named and developed by Léon Foucault?