Title
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist, c1895. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist, c1895. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) investigated the behaviour of gases and developed techniques of chemical analysis. He was important in industrial chemistry for the introduction of lead chambers for the production of sulphuric acid. Gay-Lussac made balloon ascents to investigate terrestrial magnetism and composition and characteristics of the atmosphere at different altitudes. He determined that the same volume of any gas will expand equally in response to the same increase in temperature. From Der Stein der Weisen (The Philosophers' Stone). (Leipzig, c1895).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1895
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images
Reference
HRM19B65_094
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 13,3in x 14,6in / 3991 x 4376 (300dpi)