Foucault, Leon, 1819-1868
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Name (Hebrew)
פוקו, לאון, 1819-1868
Name (Latin)
Foucault, Leon, 1819-1868
Date of birth
1819
Date of death
1868
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- The life and science of Léon Foucault, 2003
- Catholic Encyclopedia, 14 june 2007(Jean Bertrand Léon Foucault, a physicist and mechanician, born Paris, 19 Sept. 1819; died Paris, 11 Feb. 1868 )
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Wikipedia description:
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.
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