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Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
was born in 1819 and died in 1868 at the 49 years age. He is
known for his many works of which here most representative of
its ingeniousness:
- Study of the rotation of
the Earth withto the Foucault's
pendulum
- Determination of the light velocity by the method of the revolving
mirror
- Highlighting of currents induced during flux variation through
a metal (Eddy current)
- Development of a parabolic reflecting telescope out of silver
plated glass
- Development of a gyroscope |
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