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Amagat was elected a member of the [[French Academy of Sciences]] on 9 June 1902.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Payen | first = Jacques | title = Amagat, Émile | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] | volume = 1 | pages = 128–129 | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | location = New York | year = 1970 | isbn = 0-684-10114-9}}.</ref> A unit of [[number density]], [[amagat]], was named after him. |
Amagat was elected a member of the [[French Academy of Sciences]] on 9 June 1902.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Payen | first = Jacques | title = Amagat, Émile | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] | volume = 1 | pages = 128–129 | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | location = New York | year = 1970 | isbn = 0-684-10114-9}}.</ref> A unit of [[number density]], [[amagat]], was named after him. |
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The French Academy of Sciences gave him the posthumous award of the Prix Jean Reynaud for 1915.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Séance du 18 décembre|journal=Le Moniteur scientifique du Doctor Quesneville|date=February 1916|page=67–69|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2557146;view=1up;seq=75}}</ref> |
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Émile Hilaire Amagat | |
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| Born | 2 January 1841 |
| Died | 15 February 1915 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Amagat's law, Hydraulic Manometer |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Thermodynamics |
Émile Hilaire Amagat (2 January 1841 – 15 February 1915) was a French physicist.[1] His doctoral thesis, published in 1872, expanded on the work of Thomas Andrews, and included plots of the isotherms of carbon dioxide at high pressures.[2] Amagat published a paper in 1877 that contradicted the current understanding at the time, concluding that the coefficient of compressibility of fluids decreased with increasing pressure.[2] He continued to publish data on isotherms for a number of different gases between 1879 and 1882,[2] and invented the hydraulic manometer, which was able to withstand up to 3200 atmospheres, as opposed to 400 atmospheres using a glass apparatus.[3] In 1880 he published his Law of Partial Volumes.
Amagat was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences on 9 June 1902.[4] A unit of number density, amagat, was named after him.
The French Academy of Sciences gave him the posthumous award of the Prix Jean Reynaud for 1915.[5]
References
- ^ larousse.fr Émile Amagat
- ^ a b c Daintith, John (1981). "Amagat, Emile Hilaire". Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists. Vol. 1. New York: Facts On File, Inc. p. 15. ISBN 0-87196-396-5.
- ^ Bridgman, P. W. (1909). "An absolute gauge for measuring high hydrostatic pressures". Physical Review (Series I). 28 (2). American Physical Society: 145. Bibcode:1909PhRvI..28..140.. doi:10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.28.140.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Payen, Jacques (1970). "Amagat, Émile". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0-684-10114-9..
- ^ "Séance du 18 décembre". Le Moniteur scientifique du Doctor Quesneville: 67–69. February 1916.
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