Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Physicist, Academic

1778 – 1850

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Who was Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac?

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol-water mixtures, which led to the degrees Gay-Lussac used to measure alcoholic beverages in many countries.

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Born
Dec 6, 1778
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Education
  • École Polytechnique
Died
May 9, 1850
Paris
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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