Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: / ʒɒ̃ ˈbɛərnɑːr ˌleɪɒ̃ ˈfuːkoʊ /, US: / ˌʒɒ̃ bɛərˈnɑːr leɪˌɒ̃ fuːˈkoʊ /; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist …

Léon Foucault was a French physicist whose “Foucault pendulum” provided experimental proof that Earth rotates on its axis. He also introduced and helped develop a technique of measuring …

2018年9月26日 · French physicist Léon Foucault played an essential role in measuring the speed of light and proving that Earth rotates on an axis. His scientific discoveries and contributions …

2011年9月18日 · Léon Foucault was a French mathematician and astronomer who is best known for his invention of a pendulum which demonstrates the rotation of the earth. Léon Foucault's …

Lèon Foucault was a physicist from France who was most famous for his Foucault pendulum device-a delightful instrument that demonstrated the outcome of the rotation made by the …

Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault was a French physicist who is considered one of the most versatile experimentalists of the nineteenth century. He is well known for his experiments in optics and …

The French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819-1868) is remembered for the Foucault pendulum, by which he demonstrated the diurnal rotation of the earth, and for the first accurate …

In 1855, Foucault was appointed “physicist” at the Paris Observatory under its new director Urbain Le Verrier. There, Foucault devised optical tests that allowed him to polish large glass mirrors …

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (18 September 1819–11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the …

Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon zhäN bĕrnärˈ lāôNˈ fo͞okōˈ [key], 1819–68, French physicist. Known especially for his research on the speed of light, he determined its velocity in air and found that …