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    Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: /ʒɒ̃ ˈbɛərnɑːr ˌleɪɒ̃ ˈfuːkoʊ/, US: /ˌʒɒ̃ bɛərˈnɑːr leɪˌɒ̃ fuːˈkoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819...
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  • is credited mostly to German physicist August Toepler, though Jean Bernard Léon Foucault invented the method in 1859 that Toepler improved upon. Toepler's...
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    reflecting telescope was introduced by Léon Foucault in 1857, see madehow.com - Inventor Biographies - Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault Biography (1819–1868), and the...
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    method of measuring absolute gravitational acceleration. In 1851, Jean Bernard Léon Foucault showed that the plane of oscillation of a pendulum, like a gyroscope...
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  • 1960), U.S. – direct suction tracheotomy tube Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819–1868), France – Foucault pendulum, gyroscope, eddy current Benoît Fourneyron...
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    Silvering was introduced by Léon Foucault in 1857, see madehow.com - Inventor Biographies - Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault Biography (1819–1868), and the...
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    and its historical development', p.14 "Inventor Biographies – Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault Biography (1819–1868)". madehow.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01. "Bakich...
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    politician André Dauchez, painter Christian Dior Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819-1868), scientist of Foucault's pendulum fame Anatole France, Nobel Prize Carlos...
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  • effect) – Bertram R. Forer (and Phineas Taylor Barnum) Foucault pendulum – Jean Bernard Léon Foucault Fourier number – Joseph Fourier Fourier series – Joseph...
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    dome that owes some of its character to Bramante's Tempietto. In 1851, Léon Foucault conducted a demonstration of diurnal motion at the Panthéon by suspending...
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