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Émile Verdet
Marcel
Émile
Verdet
was a
French physicist
. He
worked
in
magnetism
and
optics
,
editing
the works of
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
. Verdet did much to
champion
the early
theory of
the
conservation of energy
in
France
through his
editorial
supervision
of the
Annales de chimie
et
de
physique
.
The
Verdet constant
is named after him.
Books
by
Emile
Verdet