Leon Foucault
Leon Foucault
Jean Bernard Léon Foucaultwas a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth18 September 1819
CityParis, France
CountryFrance