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Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
1799Feb, 26

Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron

Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864)
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (French: [klapɛʁɔ̃]; 26 January 1799 – 28 January 1864) was a French engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics.

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