Félix Savart French: 30 June 1791, Mézières – 16 March 1841, Paris was a physicist, mathematician who is primarily known for the Biot–Savart law of electromagnetism, which he discovered together with his colleague Jean-Baptiste Biot. His main interest was in acoustics and the study of vibrating bodies. A particular interest in the violin led him to create an experimental trapezoidal model. He gave his name to the savart, a unit of measurement for musical intervals, and to Savart's wheel - a device he used while investigating the range of human hearing. Wikipedia, Felix Savart