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    Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (14 September 1698 – 16 July 1739) was a French chemist and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi. He discovered the...
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  • Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1397–1474) was a French composer and music theorist. Dufay or du Fay may also refer to: Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698–1739)...
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  • electromagnetism. The "two-fluid" theory of electricity, created by Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, postulated that electricity was the interaction between...
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    rubbing. In 1733 Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, inspired by Gray's work, made a series of experiments (reported in Mémoires de l'Académie Royale...
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    electricity. By the mid-18th century the French chemist Charles François de Cisternay du Fay had discovered two types of static electricity, and that...
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  • scientific thinkers Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Nicolas Malebranche and Charles François de Cisternay du Fay. In 1715 he left for London to observe...
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  • from the sun (Kunz 1913: 168). In 1735, the French chemist Charles François de Cisternay du Fay determined that lapis lazuli, emerald, and aquamarine were...
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  • convey the effect. By the mid-18th century, French chemist Charles François de Cisternay Du Fay had discovered two forms of static electricity, and that...
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    Hesse-Kassel (d. 1777) September 14 – Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, French chemist and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi (d. 1739) September 15 – Pier...
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    Hesse-Kassel (d. 1777) September 14 – Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, French chemist and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi (d. 1739) September 15 – Pier...
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  • 1719). Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, "Sur les barometres lumineux" (On luminous barometers), Histoire de l’Académie Royale des sciences de Paris...
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  • electrified by means of an electrostatic generators 1734 – Charles François de Cisternay DuFay (inspired by Gray's work to perform electrical experiments)...
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  • 1736-02-05 - ? October 1753 Charles François de Cisternay du Fay 1729-05-08 14 September 1698 – 16 July 1739 Charles de la Faye 1725-11-04 1677 – 11...
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  • Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Faraday and Albert Einstein tie, with five pages each, and Lavoisier and Charles Darwin get four pages each. Dutch writer Gerrit Krol said about the book...
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