GAY-LUSSAC, JOSEPH LOUIS

(1778-1850), Fr. physicist; prof. of physics at the Sorbonne, and of chem. at the Jardin des Plantes; was a rival of Davy, whose researches on_ iodine, chlorine, sodium, and pota ium he tried to prove inaccurate. He investigated properties of gases, hygrometry, apllariy, and stated the law of volumes, and improved the proce es for the manufacture of sulphuric and oxalic acids. Quantitative analysis and organic analysis were benefited by the accurate methods he introduced into such problems as the a ay of silver. | 1913), American jurist and public official. 6. in White stone, Oneida County, New York; d. at sea. Educated at White stone Academy. Taught school in Boston for a time and moved to Brooklyn | in 1873 where he wrote for the news- | papers. In 1875 he was admitted to the | bar. He gained a reputation as a political reformer and was appointed to the Supreme Court of New York in 1893. Constantly warring against political corruption he was the means of convict to|i2g John Y. McKane a ‘Bo ’ of Coney island, and was elected mayor of New York for term 1910-13. Aug. 9, 1910 he | WS shot by a discharged employee while about to take pa age to Europe. From the effects of the eae ee bp | BOVE quite recovered. D i) beaded an Independent Ticket for | M@yor, but before the election he died |®* S¢4 on his way to Europe.