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  Charles Edouard Guillaume Summary
Guillaume's earliest work at the bureau was in the establishment, duplication, and distribution of international standards.
In addition to the Nobel Prize he was awarded in 1920, Guillaume received a number of other honors during his lifetime, including selection as a grand officer of the Legion of Honor, election as president of the French Physical Society, and receipt of honorary degrees from the universities of Geneva, Neuchâtel, and Paris.
Guillaume served as the director of the Bureau of International Weights and Measures, where he contributed toward the standardization of accurate scientific and commercial measurements.
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 Charles-Edouard Guillaume - Biography
Charles-Edouard Guillaume was born at Fleurier, in the Swiss-Jura, on February 15, 1861.
A chance observation by Guillaume on the coefficient of expansion of nickel-iron alloys led to a systematic investigation of a whole series of alloys and the discovery of invar, an alloy with a very low coefficient of expansion; elinvar, for which the thermoelastic coefficient is practically zero, i.e.
Guillaume's total compensating balance for high-grade watches and chronometers, which eliminates the secondary error, was perfected by an elinvar hair spring.
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 GUILLAUME PAGE 1
CLEMENT C. Clement C. Guillaume was born October 30, 1831 in the Village of Diesse, Canton of Berne, in the Republic of Switzerland.
(2) Alfred A. Guillaume - (1858 - 1922)
(9) Ida A. Guillaume - (1872 - 1933)
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 Charles Edouard Guillaume
Charles Edouard Guillaume (February 15, 1861 – May 13, 1938) received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 in recognition of the service he had rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys.
Guillaume, Charles-Edouard, "La Température de L'Espace", La Nature, volume 24, 1896.
Guillaume, Charles-Edouard, "Recherches sur le nickel et ses alliages".
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 Les Corbin d'Amérique/Corbins of Canada-USA - pafg37.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Alex Corbin (Alexandre, Eugène, Charles, Guillaume, Guillaume, François) was born on 16.08.1916 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Léonne Rougeau (Éva Corbin, Romuald, Charles, Guillaume, Guillaume, François) was born on 4.10.1909 in St-Pierre-Jolys, Mb.
Gérard Genest (Éva Corbin, Romuald, Charles, Guillaume, Guillaume, François) was born on 6.07.1924 in St-Pierre-Jolys, Mb.
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 Guillaume Apollinaire - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Guillaume Apollinaire - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918), French poet, novelist, dramatist, and art and literary critic.
Guillaume, Charles-Édouard (1861-1938), Swiss-born French physicist, metrologist (specialist in scientific measurement), and Nobel Prize winner....
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 Charles Edouard Guillaume   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
French physicist whose exhaustive studies of ferronickel alloys culminated in the discovery of invar (a nickel-steel alloy) and gained him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1920.
In 1883 Guillaume joined the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sevres, and from 1915 served as its director.
His early studies there included exhaustive investigations of the mercury thermometer and of the volume of the litre, which he found to be 1,000.028 cubic centimetres, not 1,000.000 cubic centimetres as had been accepted.
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 Trahan
Guillaume and Francoise were among the 1st families from La Rochelle France to come to Acadia.
(GUILLAUME, NICOLAS) was born 1668 in Port Royal Acadia, and died 1729 in River aux Canards, Acadia.
She was born 1675 in Pisiguit, Acadia, and died in River aux Canards, Acadia.
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 Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de, 1796-1878, French general.
The capture of Napoleon III at Sedan was followed by the overthrow of the Second Empire in a bloodless revolution at Paris, and Palikao fled to Belgium.
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 ALLEMAGNE - DUCHÉ DE BRUNSWICK WOLFENBUTTEL - CHARLES GUILLAUME FERDINAND - Deux tiers de thaler ou 24 mariengroschen ...
Charles Guillaume Ferdinand (9/10/1735 - 10/11/1806) succéda à Charles Ier (1735-1780) en 1780.
C'est Charles Guillaume Ferdinand de Brunswick, général en chef des forces austro-prussiennes, qui affronta les Français de Dumouriez et de Kellermann à Valmy le 20 septembre 1792.
Son fils Guillaume trouva la mort à Waterloo en 1815.
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 thePeerage.com - Cecilia Olivia Foley and others
She married Phillippe Ferdinand Augustus de Rohan-Chabot, Vicomte de Chabot, son of Maj.-Gen. Louis Guy Charles Guillaume de Rohan-Chabot, Vicomte de Chabot and Lady Isabella Charlotte FitzGerald, on 10 December 1844.
He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Louis Guy Charles Guillaume de Rohan-Chabot, Vicomte de Chabot and Lady Isabella Charlotte FitzGerald.
She married Maj.-Gen. Louis Guy Charles Guillaume de Rohan-Chabot, Vicomte de Chabot on 1 June 1809.
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 Re: Guillaume Charles Bouc
In Reply to: Guillaume Charles Bouc by Bonita Shafer
Apparently this Charles is a nephew to mine.
Séraphin had a brother, Charles Guillaume BOUC who went to Michigan and was there in 1850 and 1860.
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 AllRefer.com - Charles Guillaume Marie Cousin-Montauban (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
AllRefer.com - Charles Guillaume Marie Cousin-Montauban (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Charles Guillaume Marie Cousin-Montauban see Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de.
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 Amazon.com: "Guillaume Ternaux": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
See all pages with references to Guillaume Ternaux.
Guillaume Ternaux, fabricant de laines aux activits multiples 13, et Jacques Roman, l'un des associs de la manufacture de toiles peintes de...
its text praises his loyal supporter, the woolens manufacturer Guillaume Ternaux, it was first performed at Ternaux's estate in Saint-Ouen, and Saint-Simon published the tune and text, with some commentary of...
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 AllRefer.com - Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
AllRefer.com - Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de, French History, Biographies
Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de[shArl gEyOm´ kOOzaN´-mONtObAN´ kONt du pAlEkAO´] Pronunciation Key, 1796–1878, French general.
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 Re: Charles-Guillaume Bouc
I have a Charles Guillaume BOUC of the correct age.
How many Charles Guillaume Bouc's were born about 1795?
He had a wife, Isabelle Doré, and their family was in Sault Ste-Marie, Chippewa, Michigan for quite a bit with their children marrying there.
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 Chateau of Charles Guillaume Le Normant, Seigneur D'Etoilles Giclee Print by Charles Laurent Grevenbroeck at ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Chateau of Charles Guillaume Le Normant, Seigneur D'Etoilles by Charles Laurent Grevenbroeck
The Giclee printing process delivers a fine stream of ink on archival paper, resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery display.
Chateau of Charles Guillaume Le Normant, Seigneur D'Etoilles
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 La Cenerentola - Background
The famous fairy Tale Cendrillon, ou La petite pentoufle de verre from Charles Perrault's Les histoires ou Contes du temps passé (1697).
Nicholas Isouard's opera Cendrillon staged in Paris (1810) on a libretto by Charles-Guillaume Étienne.
Parisian Journalist should not think that I say this to defend my feet: he does not know me, and if he did he might say that I have more to gain by adopting the original slipper than by clinging to the bracelet." (Italian Text)
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 WESLEY W. GUILLAUME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
WESLEY W. Wesley W. Guillaume was born January 12, 1869 in Elk Point, Union, South Dakota.
Philomene Brouillette was born in August of 1872 in South Dakota.
(5) Wesley C. Guillaume - (1899 - 1974)
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 Guillaume CHARLES - Anne COMPES
1 Guillaume CHARLES =Anne TARDY Marriage: 8 FEB 1725, Lanhouarneau (29),,,,, 2 Goulven CHARLES =Jeanne TERENE\THERENE Marriage: 17 NOV 1750, Lanhouarneau (29),,,,, 3 Anne CHARLES =Jean QUIOC Marriage: 20 JAN 1780, Lanhouarneau (29),,,,,
Child: Guillaume CHARLES Birth: AFT 1700, Lanhouarneau (29),,,,,
1 Jean CHARLES =Claudine FAUJOUR 2 Guillaume CHARLES =Anne TARDY Marriage: 8 FEB 1725, Lanhouarneau (29),,,,, 3 Goulven CHARLES =Jeanne TERENE\THERENE Marriage: 17 NOV 1750, Lanhouarneau (29),,,,,
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