Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César
- Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César
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▪ French physicist
born Nov. 12, 1746, Beaugency, Fr.
died April 7, 1823, Paris
French mathematician, physicist, and inventor who, with Nicolas Robert, was the first to ascend in a hydrogen
balloon (1783). About 1787 he developed Charles's law (
q.v.) concerning the thermal expansion of gases.
From clerking in the finance ministry Charles turned to science and experimented with electricity. He developed several inventions, including a hydrometer and reflecting goniometer, and improved the Gravesand heliostat and Fahrenheit's aerometer. With the Robert brothers, Nicolas and Anne-Jean, he built one of the first hydrogen balloons (1783). In several flights he rose more than a mile in altitude. He was elected (1795) to the Académie des Sciences and subsequently became a professor of physics. His published papers deal mainly with mathematics.
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