Babinet

British  

/ babɪnɛ /

noun

1. Jacques (ʒɑk) 1794–1872, French physicist, noted for his work on the diffraction of light

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Example Sentences

We are fain to believe that M. Babinet himself has little doubt about his "impossibility."

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

The method of Palissy, though, as I have said, similar in principle to that of Babinet, would be cheaper of execution, and, at the same time, more efficient.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

The learned gentlemen, Faraday, Babinet, and others, do not limit themselves to objections derived from nascent or unconscious movements, small causes producing great effects.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Upon this topic my old master and friend Babinet, who was a member of the commission, wrote as follows: The members of the commission were not able to verify any of the features announced.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Babinet quotes a French proverb: "Summer rain wets nothing," and explains it by saying that at that season the rainwater is "almost entirely carried off by evaporation."

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.