What is Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac?
[[File:Gaylussac.jpg|right|225px]] '''Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac''' (6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a [[French people|French]] [[chemist]] and [[physicist]]. He is mostly known because he discovered that [[water]] is made up of two [[atom]]s of [[hydrogen]] and one atom [[oxygen]] with [[Alexander von Humboldt]]. He is also known for two [[Laws of physics|laws]] related to [[gas]]es with [[temperature]] and for his work on [[alcohol]] and water [[mixture]]s. {{Biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis}} [[Category:1778 births]] [[Category:1850 deaths]] [[Category:French chemists]] [[Category:French physicists]] [[Category:People from Haute-Vienne]]