Died 1850-05-09.
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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen by volume, 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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science · French chemist and physicist (1778–1850) · physicist · chemist · politician · engineer · university teacher · board member · also Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Joseph Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, Louis Gay-Lussac, Louis Gay Lussac
Born 6 December 1778 · Died 9 May 1850 · Q153185
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1834· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1834–1834).
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1831· 1 entry
Was elected to represent Haute-Vienne in the chamber of deputies, and in 1839 he entered the chamber of peers
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1826· 1 entry
For an occurrence in Lagunillas, Mérida, Venezuela
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1822· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1822–1822).
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1821· 1 entry
Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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1815· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1815).
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1809· 1 entry
Awarded Galvanism Prize (1809).
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1804· 1 entry
Was appointed répétiteur (demonstrator) to Antoine François Fourcroy at the École Polytechnique, whom he succeeded in 1809 as professor of chemistry
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1778· 1 entry
Born 1778-12-06.
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