Fizeau

[ fee-zoh ]

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noun

Ar·mande Hip·po·lyte Louis [a, r, -, mahn, ee-paw-, leet, lwee], 1819–96, French physicist.

Wheatstone's device of the revolving mirror was afterwards employed by Foucault and Fizeau to measure the velocity of light.

The velocity of light was experimentally found, in 1862, by Fizeau and Foucault, each using an independent method.

Fizeau was unable to observe interference when the difference of path amounted to 50,000 wave lengths.

I shall endeavor to make the principle of Fizeau's apparatus clear to you.

The distinction was pointed out by Hippolyte Fizeau in 1848.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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