Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles
1746-1823
French Inventor and Scientist
Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles, with Nicolas Robert, ascended in the world's first hydrogen balloon in 1783. H...
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Jacques Alexandre César Charles
1746-1823
French physicist who formulated Charles law—at constant pressure, a gas's volume is inversely proportional to temperature (1787). Unaware o...
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Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles is famous for his contribution to ballooning, (the science of aerostation). He was the first to use hydrogen ("inflammable air") instead of hot air in an aeronau...
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Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles is famous for his contribution to ballooning, (the science of aerostation). He was the first to use hydrogen "inflammable air") instead of hot air in an aeronaut...
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The first we know of Jacques Charles is his appearance as a young man in Paris, where he worked briefly as a minor government official under King Louis XVI. When Benjamin Franklin visited France in 17...
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