Amedeo Avogadro
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| Amedeo Avogadro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 August 1776 Turin, Piedmont |
| Died | 9 July 1856 (aged 79) Turin, Piedmont |
| Institutions | Reale Collegio di Vercelli University of Turin |
| Known for | Avogadro's law |
Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e di Cerreto (9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian intellectual, best known for his work in chemistry.[1][2]
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References
- ↑ Guareschi, Icilio Amedeo Avogadro e la sua opera scientifica. In Opere scelte di Amedeo Avogadro; Reale Accademia delle Scienze: Turin, 1911; pp i–cxl, <http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k90576f.langEN>.
- ↑ Avogadro, Amedeo. In Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.; University Press: Cambridge, 1911; Vol. 3, p 66, <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Avogadro%2C_Amedeo%2C_Conte_di_Quaregna>.
Further reading
- Crosland, M. P. Avogadro, Amedeo. In Dictionary of Scientific Biography; Scribner: New York, 1970; Vol. 1, pp 343–50. ISBN 0684169622.
- Morselli, Mario Amedeo Avogadro, a Scientific Biography; Kluwer: Amsterdam, 1984. ISBN 9027716242.
- Hinshelwood, C. N.; Pauling, L. Amedeo Avogadro. Science 1956, 124, 708–13. DOI: 10.1126/science.124.3225.708.
Selected writings
- Avogadro, A. Essai d'une manière de déterminer les masses relatives des molécules élémentaires des corps, et les proportions selon lesquelles elles entrent dans les combinaisons. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 1811, 73, 58–76, <http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k90576f.image.f150.langEN>. English translation
- Avogadro, A. Mémoire sur les masses relatives des molécules des corps simples. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 1814, 78, 131–56.
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