Fizeau
[fee-zoh]
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noun
Ar·mande Hip·po·lyte Louis [ar-mahn ee-paw-leet lwee] /arˈmɑ̃ i pɔˈlit lwi/, 1819–96, French physicist.
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Historical Examples of fizeau
I shall endeavor to make the principle of Fizeau's apparatus clear to you.
Popular scientific lecturesErnst Mach
Fizeau's method will then permit us to arrive at a close approximation.
In 1845 Foucault and Fizeau took a daguerreotype photograph of the sun.
History of AstronomyGeorge Forbes
This experiment has now been made in a highly refined form by Fizeau, and repeated by M. Cornu with prodigious care and accuracy.
Pioneers of ScienceOliver Lodge
Fizeau, from experiments which he conducted on running water, also came to the same conclusion.
Aether and GravitationWilliam George Hooper