Félix Billet
Félix Billet (born September 15, 1808 in Fismes (Marne), † January 28, 1882 in Dijon ) was a French physicist.
Billet received his doctorate in 1833 and then taught in the Lyceen of Nancy , Marseille and Rouen . Appointed to the science faculty of Dijon in 1843, he stayed there until his death. In 1873 he became dean.
From 1860 he was a Knight of the Legion of Honor . In 1873 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .
Billet dealt with various aspects of optics, such as rainbows. The billet lens (billet's split lens) is named after him and shows interference in a manner analogous to Fresnel's biprism .
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 20, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Mémoire sur les Dix-neuf premiers arcs-en-ciel de l'eau Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Sér. 1, 5 (1868), p. 67-109
- ↑ Max Born , Emil Wolf : Principles of Optics , Pergamon Press 1959, chap. 7.3.2 (p. 262)
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| SURNAME | Billet, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fismes (Marne), France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1882 |
| Place of death | Dijon |