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Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon
     
Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon
(1819-68) a French scientist who studied the speed of light. He invented Foucault's Pendulum, an object that swings on a wire and shows how the Earth spins around. He also invented the gyroscope.
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