The fact that one g varies from place to place on the surface of the Earth attracted attention when Jean Richer carried

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The fact that one g varies from place to place on the surface of the Earth attracted attention when Jean Richer carried

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The fact that one g varies from place to place on the surface of
the Earth attracted attention when Jean Richer carried a pendulum
clock in 1672 from Paris to Cayenne, French Guiana, and found that
it was running 2.5 min/day late. If g=9.81 m/s² in Paris,
calculate g in Cayenne.
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