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Charles Édouard Guillaume (15 February 1861, in Fleurier, Switzerland – 13 May 1938, in Sèvres, France) was a Swiss physicist who 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. [1]
Jun 9, 2024 · Charles Édouard Guillaume (born Feb. 15, 1861, Fleurier, Switz.—died June 13, 1938, Sèvres, France) was a 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.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1920 was awarded to Charles Edouard Guillaume "in recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys"
Charles Edouard Guillaume. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1920. Born: 15 February 1861, Fleurier, Switzerland. Died: 13 June 1938, Sèvres, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures), Sèvres, France.
Charles Edouard Guillaume. (1861—1938) Quick Reference. (1861–1938) Swiss metrologist. As a child Guillaume learned a good deal of science from his father, a clockmaker with a considerable scientific knowledge. Born in Fleurier, Switzerland, in 1878 he entered the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology, gaining his doctorate in 1882.
May 14, 2018 · Swiss scientist Charles–Edouard Guillaume (1861–1936) worked at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for almost 50 years. His discovery of a steel–nickel alloy called invar that was impervious to temperature changes advanced science and technology.
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May 15, 2005 · Summary. C.-E. Guillaume received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1920 for the discovery and development of a pair of alloys that had characteristics invariant with temperature: one had constant length near ambient temperature, the other had constant Young's modulus.
