Family tree of Léon FOUCAULT
Physicist, Astronomer, Geographer
Born Jean Bernard Léon FOUCAULT
French physicist
Born on September 18, 1819 in Paris , France
Died on February 11, 1868 in Paris , France
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Foucault was best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the 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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