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Born August 31, 1663 • Paris • France
Died October 11, 1705 (aged 42) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study static friction • temperature • thermometry • measurement
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H.L. Callendar
British scientist
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Indian plant physiologist and physicist
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Polish-born Dutch physicist
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Sir Charles Vernon Boys
British physicist and inventor
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George Dollond
British optician
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French physicist
Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
French physicist
Denis Papin
Denis Papin
British physicist
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Louis Ducos du Hauron
French physicist and inventor
Planté, Gaston
Gaston Planté
French physicist
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Charles Édouard Guillaume
French physicist
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André-Eugène Blondel
French physicist
Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César
Jacques Charles
French physicist
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Jean de Hautefeuille
French physicist
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist

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