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Amedeo Avogadro
Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (, also, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo avoˈɡaːdro]; 9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules. In tribute to him,…
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science · Italian scientist (1776–1856) · physicist · chemist · university teacher · also Amedeo Avogadro, Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Avogadro
Born 9 August 1776 · Died 9 July 1856 · Q43476
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2023· 2 entries
insider.si.edu: Amedeo Avogadro, a scientific biography / Mario Morselli
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Times Higher Education: Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont
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2021· 1 entry
Prokerala: Meaning of: Amedeo Avogadro
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2019· 1 entry
Nature: Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856)
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2016· 1 entry
U.S. News & World Report: University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro
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1911· 1 entry
A meeting in Turin commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Avogadro's classic 1811 paper
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1860· 1 entry
Four years after Avogadro's death
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1857· 1 entry
Provided further evidence for Avogadro's law
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1856· 1 entry
Died 1856-07-09.
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1841· 1 entry
Published his work in Fisica dei corpi ponderabili, ossia Trattato della costituzione materiale de' corpi, 4 volumes
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1833· 1 entry
Where he taught for another twenty years
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1823· 1 entry
(or, as the university officially declared, it was "very glad to allow this interesting scientist to take a rest from heavy teaching duties, in order to be able to give better attention to his researches")
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1821· 1 entry
Published another paper, Nouvelles considérations sur la théorie des proportions déterminées dans les combinaisons, et sur la détermination des masses des molécules des corps (New Considerations on the Theory of Propo
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1820· 1 entry
Became a professor of physics at the University of Turin
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1815· 1 entry
Published Mémoire sur les masses relatives des molécules des corps simples, ou densités présumées de leur gaz, et sur la constitution de quelques-uns de leur composés, pour servir de suite à l'Essai sur le même sujet,
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1811· 1 entry
Published an article with the title Essai d'une manière de déterminer les masses relatives des molécules élémentaires des corps, et les proportions selon lesquelles elles entrent dans ces combinaisons ("Essay on a man
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1809· 1 entry
Started teaching them at a liceo (high school) in Vercelli, where his family lived and had some property
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1776· 1 entry
Born 1776-08-09.
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