Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856), chemist; responsible for Avogadro's law
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Albert Avogadro (1149–1214), canon lawyer and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
He was a pioneer in photography and contributed to the Avogadro's gas law by proposing that some elements form diatomic or polyatomic gas.
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As early as 1805, Gay-Lussac and von Humboldt showed that water is formed of two volumes of hydrogen and one volume of oxygen, and by 1811 Amedeo Avogadro had arrived at the correct interpretation of water's composition, based on what is now called Avogadro's law and the assumption of diatomic elemental molecules.
The duel with swords, directed by the Count Leontieff and the Count Avogadro, lasting 26 minutes took place at 5:00 am on 15 August 1897 in the Bois de Marechaux at Vaucresson, France.