Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: /ʒɒ̃ ˈbɛərnɑːr ˌleɪɒ̃ ˈfuːkoʊ/, US: /ˌʒɒ̃ bɛərˈnɑːr leɪˌɒ̃ fuːˈkoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819... 14 KB (1,423 words) - 19:53, 30 March 2024 |
is credited mostly to German physicist August Toepler, though Jean Bernard Léon Foucault invented the method in 1859 that Toepler improved upon. Toepler's... 6 KB (659 words) - 06:35, 21 April 2024 |
Pendulum (section 1851: Foucault pendulum) method of measuring absolute gravitational acceleration. In 1851, Jean Bernard Léon Foucault showed that the plane of oscillation of a pendulum, like a gyroscope... 122 KB (14,432 words) - 02:33, 4 May 2024 |
1960), U.S. – direct suction tracheotomy tube Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819–1868), France – Foucault pendulum, gyroscope, eddy current Benoît Fourneyron... 106 KB (11,919 words) - 10:34, 7 May 2024 |
Silvering was introduced by Léon Foucault in 1857, see madehow.com - Inventor Biographies - Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault Biography (1819–1868), and the... 52 KB (7,238 words) - 20:26, 29 March 2024 |
effect) – Bertram R. Forer (and Phineas Taylor Barnum) Foucault pendulum – Jean Bernard Léon Foucault Fourier number – Joseph Fourier Fourier series – Joseph... 72 KB (6,827 words) - 07:38, 2 May 2024 |
Panthéon (section Foucault pendulum) 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... 68 KB (4,451 words) - 15:09, 2 May 2024 |