KEY AND INDEX 



pellier. Assistant and successor to Cuvier, as 

 Professor of Natural History in the Jardin du 

 Roi. 1835, became professor in the College de 

 France. A voluminous writer on comparative 

 anatomy and physiology, natural history, etc. 

 Wrote a famous work on the formation of the 

 bones. Made a peer by Louis Philippe, 1846. 



Forbes, James David, iii, 275. Born at Edin- 

 burgh, 1809; died at Clifton, England, 1868. 

 Scottish physicist and geologist. Educated, 

 Edinburgh, for the law, but his natural bent led 

 him to physics. 1833, became Professor of 

 Physics, Edinburgh University. Made special 

 study of thermal radiations which resulted in 

 the discovery of the polarization of heat. Made 

 important contributions to our knowledge of the 

 origin and movement of glaciers. 



Foster, Sir Michael, v, 17. Born at Hunting- 

 ton, Eng., 1836. English physiologist. Educated 

 University College, London. Taught there and 

 at Cambridge. Became Professor of Physiol- 

 ogy, Cambridge University, 1883. 1900, mem- 

 ber of Parliament for London University. 



Foucault, Jean Bernard. Born at Paris, 1819; 

 died at Paris, 1868. French physicist. Edu- 

 cated for the medical profession. 1854, ap- 

 pointed Physicist, Paris Observatory. First 

 direct measurements of velocity of light were 

 due to him and Fizeau. Showed that velocity of 

 light in air was greater than in water. Invented 

 polarizing prism, and an apparatus for regula- 

 ting electric light. Made many researches in elec- 

 tricity. The Foucault currents were named 

 after him. 



Fourneyron, Benoit, vi, 72. Born at St. 



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