Alfred Potier
✓ Source-basedfallingFrench polymath (1840-1905)
Alfred Potier was a French polymath who contributed to many theoretical and practical fields of science when this was rapidly expanding. His interests covered mainly mathematical physics, the nature of light and the ether, geology, electricity and magnetism and their practical applications in industry.
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Alfred Potier was a French polymath who contributed to many theoretical and practical fields of science when this was rapidly expanding. His interests covered mainly mathematical physics, the nature of light and the ether, geology, electricity and magnetism and their practical applications in industry. His name appears in a little explored footnote inserted by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley in their famous publication.
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