Hippolyte

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Hippolyte is the given name of Hippolyte Fizeau, a 19th-century French physicist known for pioneering measurements of the speed of light.

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Hippolyte canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
areaOfInfluence France ⓘ
collaboratedWith Léon Foucault ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Hippolyte ⓘ
hasFamilyName Fizeau ⓘ
linked to: Hippolyte Fizeau
hasGivenName Hippolyte ⓘ
hasNameInLatinAlphabet Hippolyte Fizeau ⓘ
influenced experimental optics ⓘ
special relativity ⓘ
knownFor Fizeau experiment ⓘ
Fizeau–Foucault apparatus ⓘ
linked to: Fizeau experiment

early measurement of the speed of light in moving water ⓘ
measurement of the speed of light ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableAchievement first reasonably accurate terrestrial measurement of the speed of light ⓘ
notableExperiment Fizeau experiment with moving water ⓘ
linked to: Fizeau experiment

Fizeau toothed-wheel experiment ⓘ
linked to: Fizeau experiment
occupation physicist ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied Doppler effect ⓘ
interference of light ⓘ
light ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Hippolyte Fizeau → givenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
Hippolyte Carnot → givenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
Hippolyte Fizeau → givenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
subject linked to: Hippolyte
Hippolyte Fizeau → hasGivenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
subject linked to: Hippolyte
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau → givenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
subject linked to: Armand
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau → hasGivenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
subject linked to: Armand
Louis Fizeau → hasGivenName → Hippolyte ⓘ
subject linked to: Louis