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

"I know she is out of Fort St. John at this minute," insisted Renot Babinet.

From The Lady of Fort St. John by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Babinet states the evaporation from the surface of water at Paris to be twice as great as the precipitation.

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

Babinet quotes a French proverb, "Summer rain wets nothing," and explains it as meaning that the water of such rains is "almost totally taken up by evaporation."

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

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.

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