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Jean Bernard Leon Foucault



Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon (1819–68), French physicist. He is best known for showing the rotation of the earth with the Foucault pendulum, for inventing the gyroscope, and for accurately determining the velocity of light.

See also: Gyroscope; Pendulum.

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