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Léon Foucault

Léon Foucault

French Physicist


Dead at 48 years
Birthday
Saturday
He is born 204 years, 7 months and 8 days ago
Death date
Tuesday

He is dead since 156 years, 2 months and 15 days

Cause of death: multiple sclerosis

Birthplace
Paris, France
Nationality: french France
Birth sign: Virgo

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.

Source : Wikipedia