Charles' law

Charles' law
Charles' law also Charles's law .chärl(-zə)z- n a statement in physics: the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant pressure varies directly as its absolute temperature
Charles shȧrl Jacques-Alexandre-César (1746-1823)
French physicist and inventor. Charles discovered the law that bears his name about 1787. He was a pioneer in the field of ballooning who conceived the idea of using hydrogen as the medium of displacement and in 1783 participated in the first hydrogen balloon flight.

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(shahrlz) [Jacques Alexandre Cйsar Charles, French physicist, 1746–1823] see under law.

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