Fizeau

[ fee-zoh ]

/ fiˈzoʊ /

Ar·mande Hip·po·lyte Louis

[ar-mahn ee-paw-leet lwee] /arˈmɑ̃ i pɔˈlit lwi/,1819–96, French physicist.

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anchorite

A measurement of the kind referred to was executed in 1849 by Fizeau (born at Paris in 1819).
Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach
Fizeau, from experiments which he conducted on running water, also came to the same conclusion.
Aether and Gravitation|William George Hooper
If we examine Fizeau's apparatus closely, we shall recognise in it an old acquaintance: the arrangement of Galileo's experiment.
Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach
The only positive result ever supposed to be attained was in a very difficult polarisation observation by Fizeau in 1859.
The Ether of Space|Oliver Lodge

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 Science|Oliver Lodge