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Hippolyte Fizeau was a French physicist who lived from 1819 to 1896 and made important contributions to the study of light and optics. His work helped advance scientific understanding of how light behaves and travels, which laid groundwork for modern physics.
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Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau ( French: [ipɔlit fizo]; 23 September 1819 – 18 September 1896) was a French physicist who, in 1849, measured the speed of light to within 5% accuracy. In 1851, he measured the speed of light in moving water in an experiment known as the Fizeau experiment.
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