Léon Foucault

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist who invented the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of 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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Who was born first?

• Léon Foucault and Annibale de Gasparis were born the same year
• Léon Foucault and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet were born the same year
• Léon Foucault and John Couch Adams were born the same year
• Léon Foucault and Hippolyte Fizeau were born the same year
• Léon Foucault and Otto Wilhelm von Struve were born the same year

Timeline

1. Annibale de GasparisNovember 9, 1819 – March 21, 1892
2. Hippolyte FizeauSeptember 23, 1819 – September 18, 1896
3. John Couch AdamsJune 5, 1819 – January 21, 1892
4. Léon Foucault (this page)September 18, 1819 – February 11, 1868
5. Otto Wilhelm von StruveMay 7, 1819 – April 14, 1905
6. Sir George Stokes, 1st BaronetAugust 13, 1819 – February 1, 1903

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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
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• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716