File:Sur les vitesses relatives de la lumière dans l'air et dans l'eau.pdf
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Léon Foucault's doctoral thesis
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English: Léon Foucault's doctoral thesis, published in 1853. Foucault was the first to demonstrate that light travelled slower in water than in air. This appeared to indicate that light was a wave, not a particle. |
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| Author | Léon Foucault |
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