Gay-Lussac

[gey-luh-sak; French gey-ly-sak]

noun

Jo·seph Lou·is [joh-zuh f loo-ee, -suh f; French zhaw-zef lwee] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf ˈlu i, -səf; French ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/, 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist.

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Hydrocyanic acid was discovered by Scheele; but its nature and chemical properties were first investigated by Gay-Lussac.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Gay-Lussac he placed "at the head of the living chemists of France."
Famous Men of Science
Sarah K. Bolton
In Europe, Gay-Lussac's hydrometer and tables are chiefly used for alcoholometric testing.
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products
F. B. Wright
In the year 1805 he and Gay-Lussac were in Paris, engaged in their experiments on the compression of air.
The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical
Frank H. Stauffer
Makers of chlorate of potash and cyanide of potassium are profiting largely by the discoveries of Scheele, Gay-Lussac, and others.
The Scientific Basis of National Progress
George Gore

British Dictionary definitions for gay-lussac

Gay-Lussac

noun

Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1778–1850, French physicist and chemist: discovered the law named after him (1808), investigated the effects of terrestrial magnetism, isolated boron and cyanogen, and discovered methods of manufacturing sulphuric and oxalic acids

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gay-lussac in Science

Gay-Lussac

[gā′lə-săk′]Joseph Louis 1778-1850

French chemist and physicist who in 1808 developed a law governing the ratio of volumes of gases participating in chemical reactions. In that same year, with Louis Jacques Thénard, he discovered the element boron.