Fizeau
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First terrestrial measurement was made in 1849 by Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau of France, who passed a beam of light through the teeth of a spinning cogwheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fundamental principle of the device was first suggested by the great French physicist Fizeau in 1868.
From The New Heavens by George Ellery Hale
Three of the most eminent natural philosophers, Galileo, an Italian, Römer, a Dane, and Fizeau, a Frenchman, have fairly shared its labors.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
This experiment has now been made in a highly refined form by Fizeau, and repeated by M. Cornu with prodigious care and accuracy.
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
An experiment suggested by Arago, and executed by Fizeau and Foucault, was conclusive against Newton's theory.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
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