GAY-LUSSAC -- SCIENTIST With his skill in science, and with his work with the scientific method, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac earns the title of a great scientist. He was born on December 6, 1778 and he was the oldest child. His father was Antoine Gay. He was a lawyer who called himself Gay-Lussac to be apart from all of the other people with the same last name as Gay there. He got that name from the name of …showed first 75 words of 1146 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1146 total…W. and Nachtrieb, N.H., Principles of Modern Chemistry, Saunders, N.Y., 1986, p. 697. 14. Partington, J.R., A Short History of Chemistry, Dover, N.Y., N.Y., 1989,. pp. 138 -- 139. 15. Ibid... p. 210. 16. Ibid ... p. 223. 17. Ibid ... 226. 18. Schwartz, G. and Bishop, P.W., (ed.) The Development of Modern Science, Vol. 1, Basic Books, N.Y., N.Y., 1958. 19. Schwartz, G. and Bishop, P.W., (ed.) The Development of Modern Science, Vol. 2, Basic Books, N.Y., N.Y., 1958. 20. Ibid ... p. 22. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**