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Law of definite proportions, statement that every chemical compound contains fixed and constant proportions (by weight) of its constituent elements.
July 5, 1826 in Angers, France. Claim to Fame: Proust was a French chemist who proved that the relative quantities of the elements that make up a chemical compound is constant, regardless of the component's source. This is referred to as Proust's law or the law of definite proportions.