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Gabriel Lippmann

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Also known as Gabriel J. F. Lippmann, M. Lippmann, Joseph Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann, Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

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Gabriel Lippmann was a Luxembourgish-born physicist who became a French citizen and made scientific contributions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is historically significant enough to be remembered as a notable figure in physics, though his specific achievements warrant further study to understand his full impact on the field.

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Born
1845
Died
1921
Works
2

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  • Untersuchungen uber den Sauregrad des Mageninhaltes bei Anwendung verschiedener Indikatoren
  • Unités électriques absolues

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Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1889-09-23
Active to
1974-12-14

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1921-07-13
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Gabriel Lippmann (/ˈlɪpmən/ LIP-muhn; French: [ɡabʁijɛl lipman]; 16 August 1845 – 12 July 1921) was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographically reproducing colours based on the interference phenomenon.

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