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FIZEAU, ARMAND HIPPOLYTE LOUIS (18191896) , French physicist, was born at Paris on the 23rd of September 1819. His earliest work
Foucault
series of investigations on the interference of light
speed
light
induction -coil. Subsequently he studied the expansion of solids by heat, and applied the phenomena of interference of light to the measurement of the dilatations of crystals. He died at Venteuil on the 18th of September 1896. He became a member of the French Academy in 186o and of the Bureau des Longitudes in 1878.End of Article: FIZEAU, ARMAND HIPPOLYTE LOUIS (18191896) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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