Gustave-Adolphe Hirn
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Gustave-Adolphe Hirn was a French physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and engineer who made important measurements of the mechanical equivalent of heat and contributions to the early development of thermodynamics. He further applied his science in the practical development of steam engines.
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Lived 1815 to 1890 · aged 74
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