Fizeau

[fee-zoh]

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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I shall endeavor to make the principle of Fizeau's apparatus clear to you.
Popular scientific lectures
Ernst Mach
Fizeau's method will then permit us to arrive at a close approximation.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
Various
In 1845 Foucault and Fizeau took a daguerreotype photograph of the sun.
History of Astronomy
George 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 Science
Oliver Lodge
Fizeau, from experiments which he conducted on running water, also came to the same conclusion.
Aether and Gravitation
William George Hooper