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Gay-Lussac (ˈɡeɪˈluːsæk Pronunciation for Gay-Lussac ; French ɡɛlysak) 

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noun

  1. 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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The nature of the material had stumped even the flamboyant young French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.
James Hamilton FARADAY: The Life (2002)

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