Fizeau, Armand (1819-96)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3621. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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French physicist, first measured the speed of light by reflecting it over an 8 km distance through a rapidly rotating toothed disk known as the Fizeau wheel, which was used to measure the time of flight over that distance. Suggested using a twin-aperture interferometer to measure stellar diameters, calculating that interference fringes would vanish at a separation related to the size of the star'...

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