Joseph Proust

About 5 pages (1,495 words) in 4 products

"Joseph Proust" Search Results

Contents:

View all | View only answered questions | View only unanswered questions

Ask any question on Joseph Proust and get it answered FAST!

Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!

Learn more about BookRags Q&A

Biography

Name:	Joseph-Louis Proust
Birth Date:	1754
Death Date:	1826
Nationality:	French
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	chemist

summary from source:

Biography of Joseph-Louis Proust
467 words, approx. 2 pages

Until he was twenty, Joseph Proust followed dutifully in his father's footsteps, learning chemistry from him and eventually becoming his apprentice in a pharmacy in Angers, France. But in 1774 Proust left for Paris, against his family's wishes and...

Encyclopedia and Summary Information

summary from source:

Joseph Louis Proust Summary
76 words, approx. 1 pages

1754-1826 French chemist famous for discovering the law of constant proportions, or Proust's law, according to which pure samples of a compound always contain the same elements in definite proportions. His views contradicted Claude-Louis...

summary from source:

Joseph Proust Information
485 words, approx. 2 pages

Joseph Louis Proust (September 26, 1754 - July 5, 1826) was a French...

More Information

6 Alternative Definitions

Search Results for "Joseph Proust"

New Search

Q & A

What is a Study Pack?

Other Help

Joseph Proust

About 5 pages (1,495 words) in 4 products