Léon Foucault
September 18, 1819 –February 11, 1868
Physicist, Astronomer
Lived 48 years
- Born in
- Paris
- Passed away in
- Paris
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist who invented 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.
Notable works: Foucault pendulum, Foucault knife-edge test, eddy current, Foucault gyroscopes, Fizeau–Foucault apparatus, Foucault's measurements of the speed of light, Glan–Foucault prism Awards: Copley Medal, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 72 names on the Eiffel Tower, Officer of the Legion of Honour Education: Collège Stanislas de Paris, Paris Medical Faculty
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