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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Cornu, Marie Alfred |
(mär ´ älfr d´ kôrnü´) (KEY) , 1841–1902, French physicist. From 1867 he was professor at the École polytechnique, Paris. He measured the velocity of light and made important contributions to spectrum analysis, astronomy, and optics. Cornu’s spiral, a curve for calculating light intensities in Fresnel diffraction, is named for him. |
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