Gay-lussac: La Carriere Et L'oeuvre D'un Chimiste Francais Durant La Premiere Moitie Du Xixe Siecle

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The career and work of a French chemist during the first half of the 19th century. Proceedings of the Gay-Lussac conference December 11-13, 1978. 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 (with Alexander von Humboldt), for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol and water mixtures, which led to the degrees Gay-Lussac used to measure alcoholic beverages in many countries. Very good condition.

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