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| | André-Marie Ampère - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is named after him. |
 | | Ampère was born in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or, near Lyon, and, as a child prodigy, took a passionate delight in the pursuit of knowledge from his very infancy, and is reported to have worked out long arithmetical sums by means of pebbles and biscuit crumbs before he knew the figures. |
 | | Ampere's Museum (CNRS) is in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'or, near Lyon, France |
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