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Émile Verdet

French physicist (1824–1866) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Émile Verdet
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Marcel Émile Verdet (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl emil vɛʁdɛ]; 13 March 1824 – 3 June 1866) was a French physicist. He worked in magnetism and optics, editing the works of Augustin-Jean Fresnel. Verdet did much to champion the early theory of the conservation of energy in France through his editorial supervision of the Annales de chimie et de physique.

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Emile Verdet

The Verdet constant is named after him.

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