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Becquerel, Antoine César

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Catholic physicist, born Chatillon-sur-Loing, France, 1788; died Paris, France, 1878. He devoted himself to the study of electricity, inventing a constant cell, a differential galvanometer to measure electrical resistances, and an electric thermometer. He wrote several important works and contributed articles to scientific reviews. Known as the founder of the science of electro-chemistry.

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Entry for 'Becquerel, Antoine César'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/becquerel-antoine-cacsar.html. 1910.
 
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