
Léon Foucault
French physicist who pioneered silvered glass mirrors in the 1850s, making telescope mirrors far larger than lenses possible.
Person18 Sep 1819 – 11 Feb 1868
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- Wikidata Q187966

French physicist who pioneered silvered glass mirrors in the 1850s, making telescope mirrors far larger than lenses possible.
Person18 Sep 1819 – 11 Feb 1868