 | 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 |
 | The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the... 28 KB (2,925 words) - 22:22, 8 February 2024 |
In 1850, Léon Foucault used a rotating mirror to perform a differential measurement of the speed of light in water versus its speed in air. In 1862, he... 26 KB (2,985 words) - 21:51, 29 August 2023 |
physicist Léon Foucault to demonstrate Earth's rotation, which has symbolic significance within the novel. Some believe that it refers to Michel Foucault, given... 21 KB (2,438 words) - 09:21, 12 April 2024 |
 | The Foucault gyroscope was a gyroscope created by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1852, conceived as a follow-up experiment to his pendulum in order... 12 KB (1,487 words) - 19:40, 12 August 2023 |
using a toothed wheel Foucault's measurements of the speed of light, using a rotating mirror Hippolyte Fizeau Léon Foucault This disambiguation page... 353 bytes (79 words) - 11:15, 17 January 2024 |
Foucault may refer to: Foucault (surname) Léon Foucault (1819–1868), French physicist. Three notable objects were named after him: Foucault (crater),... 728 bytes (114 words) - 06:22, 2 October 2023 |
 | 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 (4,450 words) - 15:32, 29 April 2024 |
 | family was devout. Michel is not related to the physicist Léon Foucault. In later life, Foucault revealed very little about his childhood. Describing himself... 135 KB (17,926 words) - 11:31, 12 April 2024 |
 | Gyroscope (section Foucault's gyroscope) the attention of Léon Foucault. In 1852, Foucault used it in an experiment demonstrating the rotation of the Earth. It was Foucault who gave the device... 50 KB (5,902 words) - 17:50, 18 April 2024 |