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Henri Victor Regnault ForMemRS (21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s.
Henri-Victor Regnault was a French chemist and physicist noted for his work on the properties of gases. After studying with Justus von Liebig, in Giessen, Regnault became professor of chemistry successively at the University of Lyon, the École Polytechnique (1840), and the Collège de France (1841).
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Jun 8, 2010 · Henri Victor Regnault (1810–1878) was one of the most famous French experimental scientists of the nineteenth century.
- Simón Reif-Acherman
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Henri Victor Regnault (1810–1878) (see Figures 1a & 1b) was undoubtedly one of the great figures of thermodynamics of all time. His contributions to experimental thermodynamics and to organic chemistry were of great quality and have still a large impact today.
Henri-Victor Régnault. (1800—1878) Quick Reference. (1800–1878) French physicist and chemist. Regnault came from a poor background in Aachen (now in Germany) and started work as a draper's assistant. He entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1830 and later worked under Justus von Liebig at Giessen.
Henri Victor Regnault was born at Aix-la-Chapelle, July, 21, 1810. His youth was spent in a hard battle against poverty in the effort to maintain not only himself, but his sister.
Henri Victor Regnault (b. July 21, 1810 – d. January 19, 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s.
