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July 14, 1827. Augustin Jean Fresnel died.—An oofficer in the Corps des Fonts et Chaussees, Fresnel oduring the last twelve years of his life devoted himself to experimental and mathematical researches in ooptics. Like Young, he did much to establish the undulatory theory of light.
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S., E. Calendar of Scientific Pioneers. Nature 107, 638 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107638a0
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