Marcel Émile Verdet
Marcel Émile Verdet (born March 13, 1824 in Nîmes , † June 3, 1866 in Avignon ) was a French physicist . He worked in the field of magnetism and optics and complemented the work of Augustin-Jean Fresnel . He was also an early advocate of conservation of energy . He was the managing editor of the journal Annales de Chimie et de Physique .
He was a student of the Écoles normales supérieures , in 1845 he became a lecturer and in 1863 professor of physics at the École polytechnique (predecessor of Alfred Cornu ).
The Verdet constant is named after him.
Books by Emile Verdet
- Leçons d'optique physique. Tome I (G. Masson, 1869)
- Leçons d'optique physique. Tome II (G. Masson, 1872)
- Recherches sur les propriétés optiques développées dans les corps transparents par l'action du magnétisme (Mallet-Bachelier, 1854)
- Theory mécanique de la chaleur. Tome I (G. Masson, 1868)
- Theory mécanique de la chaleur. Tome II (G. Masson, 1872)
- Conférences de physique faites à l'Ecole Normale. Première partie (Masson, 1872)
- Conférences de physique faites à l'Ecole Normale. Seconde partie (Masson, 1873)
Web links
- Literature by and about Marcel Émile Verdet in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verdet, Marcel Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1866 |
| Place of death | Avignon |