Title:
(Jean Bernard) Leon Foucault (1819-1860) French physicist.
Caption:
(Jean Bernard) Leon Foucault (1819-1860) French physicist. Measured velocity of light: Proved rotation of Earth on its axis with Foucault's pendulum, 1851. Invented Gyroscope (1857): Improved the reflecting telescope. Wood engraving.
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
Image size:
3879 x 5406 px | 60.0 MB
Print size:
32.8 x 45.8 cm | 12.9 x 18.0 in (300 dpi)
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