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| | Rivalry with Davy (from Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | civil-rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals; seeks to eliminate sodomy laws barring homosexual acts between consenting adults; and calls for an end to discrimination against gay men and lesbians in employment, credit lending, housing, public accommodations, and other areas of life. |
 | | in full Marie-françoise-sophie Nichault De Lavalette Gay French writer and grande dame who wrote romantic novels and plays about upper-class French society during the early 19th century. |
 | | French chemist and physicist who pioneered investigations into the behaviour of gases, established new techniques for analysis, and made notable advances in applied chemistry. |
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