Foucault
Foucault is the family name of the following people (the associated adjective is foucaldien in French ):
- Kris Foucault (* 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Léon Foucault (1819–1868), French physicist
- Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French historian and philosopher
- Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643–1721), French administrator and collector of antiques
- Paul-André Foucault (1893–1959), French medic
In the form of the name Foucauld:
- Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), founder of the order
- Pierre Foucauld constructed a typewriter for Braille in 1839
Furthermore, Foucault stands for:
- a Foucault pendulum developed by Léon Foucault
- a moon crater, see Foucault (moon crater) 1935 named after Léon Foucault
- the (electrical) Foucault current , mostly called eddy current in German , named after its discoverer Léon Foucault
FOUCAULT is
- the name of a steam locomotive of the type ÖNWB Ib (1874–1909)
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