Guillaume Amontons Summary

Guillaume Amontons 1663-1705 French physicist who conducted the first serious research on air thermometers, showing experimentally that the pressure of a constant mass of air is directly proportional ... Read more

Amontons was one of the earliest scientists to develop improved scientific instruments for measuring temperature and pressure. Born in Paris in 1663, Amontons became deaf at a very early age. This app... Read more