Léon ___, French physicist who demonstrated the rotation of the earth on its axis by means of the pendulum named after him (8)
I believe the answer is:
foucault
(Other definitions for foucault that I've seen before include "Physicist" , "---'s Pendulum (Eco)" .)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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