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Jules Antoine Lissajous

Jules Antoine Lissajous
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Jules Antoine Lissajous was a French physicist, after whom Lissajous figures are named. Among other innovations, Lissajous invented the Lissajous apparatus, a device that creates the figures that bear his name.

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  1. Charles HermiteDecember 24, 1822 – January 14, 1901
  2. Francis GaltonFebruary 16, 1822 – January 17, 1911
  3. Heinrich Louis d'ArrestJuly 13, 1822 – June 14, 1875
  4. Joseph BertrandMarch 11, 1822 – circa April 3, 1900
  5. Jules Antoine Lissajous (this page)March 4, 1822 – June 24, 1880
  6. Rudolf ClausiusJanuary 2, 1822 – August 24, 1888

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