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Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist, 1870. Artist: Unknown

Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist, 1870. Artist: Unknown

1-158-464 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist, 1870. Fizeau (1819-1896) measured the velocity of light on the Earth's surface (1849). He used Doppler's principle to determine the velocity of stars in line of sight, and confirmed the wave theory of light. From Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1870).

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  1. Hippolyte Fizeau: French: Physicist, photographer, artist, daguerreotypist
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  1. Louis Figuier: French: Author, scientist
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  1. Engraving
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  1. Portrait
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