Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activ…

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Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place him at the head of all the living chemists in France. ✨ Humphry Davy (1839). The Collected Works: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, p.167
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Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place him at the head of all the living chemists in France. ✨ Humphry Davy (1839). The Collected Works: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, p.167

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