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'''Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac''' (6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist.
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'''Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac''' (6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist.<ref>{{LarousseXIXe | article = Gay-Lussac (Joseph-Louis) | volume = 8 | page = 1099}}.</ref><ref>{{GrandeEncycl | article = Gay-Lussac (Joseph-Louis) | volume = 18 | pages = 631–32}}.</ref><ref>{{EB11 | article = Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis | volume = 11 | pages = 542–43 | wikisource = Gay-Lussac,_Joseph_Louis}}.</ref>
  
 
==Notes and references==
 
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==Selected writings==
 
==Selected writings==
*{{citation | last = Gay-Lussac | authorlink = Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac | title = Memoire sur la combinaison des substances gazeuses, les unes avec les autres | journal = Mem. Soc. Arcueil | volume = 2 | pages = 207–34 | year = 1809}}. [http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/gaylussac.html English translation]
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*{{citation | last = Gay-Lussac | first = J. L. | authorlink = Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | title = Sur la dilatation des gaz et des vapeurs | journal = Ann. Chim. | year = 1802 | volume = 43 | pages = 137–75}}.
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*{{citation | last1 = Gay-Lussac | first1 = L. J. | authorlink1 = Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | first2 = A. von | last2 = Humboldt | authorlink2 = Alexander von Humboldt | year = 1804 | title = Expérience sur les moyens oediométriques et sur la proportion des principes constituents de l'atmosphère | journal = J. Phys. | volume = 60 | pages = 129–67}}.
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*{{citation | last = Gay-Lussac | first = J. L. | authorlink = Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | title = Premier essai pour déterminer les variations de température qu'éprouvent les gaz en changeant de densité, et considérations sur leur capacité pour le calorique | journal = Mem. Soc. Arcueil | year = 1807 | volume = 1 | pages = 180–204}}.
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*{{citation | last = Gay-Lussac | first = J. L. | authorlink = Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | title = Memoire sur la combinaison des substances gazeuses, les unes avec les autres | journal = Mem. Soc. Arcueil | volume = 2 | pages = 207–34 | year = 1809}}. [http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/gaylussac.html English translation]
  
 
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* [http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/chemistry-in-history/themes/early-chemistry-and-gases/gay-lussac.aspx Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac] from the American Chemical Society
  
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Revision as of 20:00, 26 March 2011

Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
Born 12 June 1778(1778-06-12)
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Haute Vienne, France
Died 9 May 1850 (aged 71)
Paris, France
Alma mater Ecole Polytéchnique
Known for Gay-Lussac's law
Spouse Geneviève-Marie-Joseph Rojot (m. 1809)

Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac (6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist.[1][2][3]

Notes and references

Notes

References

  1. Gay-Lussac (Joseph-Louis). In Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle; Pierre Larousse: Paris, 1872; Vol. 8, p 1099.
  2. Gay-Lussac (Joseph-Louis). In La Grande Encyclopédie; Lamirault: Paris, 1893; Vol. 18, pp 631–32.
  3. Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis. In Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.; University Press: Cambridge, 1911; Vol. 11, pp 542–43, <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Gay-Lussac%2C_Joseph_Louis>.

Selected writings

  • Gay-Lussac, J. L. Sur la dilatation des gaz et des vapeurs. Ann. Chim. 1802, 43, 137–75.
  • Gay-Lussac, L. J.; Humboldt, A. von Expérience sur les moyens oediométriques et sur la proportion des principes constituents de l'atmosphère. J. Phys. 1804, 60, 129–67.
  • Gay-Lussac, J. L. Premier essai pour déterminer les variations de température qu'éprouvent les gaz en changeant de densité, et considérations sur leur capacité pour le calorique. Mem. Soc. Arcueil 1807, 1, 180–204.
  • Gay-Lussac, J. L. Memoire sur la combinaison des substances gazeuses, les unes avec les autres. Mem. Soc. Arcueil 1809, 2, 207–34. English translation

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