AMEDEO AVOGADRO
Name: Amedeo Avogadro
Born: 1776
Amedeo Avogadro was born in Turin August 9th 1776 to a
noble ancient family of Piedmont , Italy .
He graduated in ecclesiastical law at the
early age of 20 and began to practice. Soon thereafter he dedicated
himself to the study of physics and mathematics, and in 1809
started teaching them at a /liceo/ (high school) in Vercelli
(where his family had some properties).
In 1811, he published an article with the title "Essay on
Determining the Relative Masses of the Elementary Molecules of Bodies",
which contains the famous Avogadro's hypothesis.
In 1820 he became a professor of physics at the University of Turin
Avogadro held public posts in statistics, meteorology, and weights and
measures (he introduced decimal metric system in Piedmont) and was a
member of the Royal Superior Council on Public Instruction.
In honour of Avogadro's contributions to the theory of molarity
and molecular weights, the number of molecules in one
mole was renamed /Avogadro's number/, N_A . It is approximately 6.0221415 × 10^23 .
Name: Amedeo Avogadro
Born: 1776
Amedeo Avogadro was born in Turin August 9th 1776 to a
noble ancient family of Piedmont , Italy .
He graduated in ecclesiastical law at the
early age of 20 and began to practice. Soon thereafter he dedicated
himself to the study of physics and mathematics, and in 1809
started teaching them at a /liceo/ (high school) in Vercelli
(where his family had some properties).
In 1811, he published an article with the title "Essay on
Determining the Relative Masses of the Elementary Molecules of Bodies",
which contains the famous Avogadro's hypothesis.
In 1820 he became a professor of physics at the University of Turin
Avogadro held public posts in statistics, meteorology, and weights and
measures (he introduced decimal metric system in Piedmont) and was a
member of the Royal Superior Council on Public Instruction.
In honour of Avogadro's contributions to the theory of molarity
and molecular weights, the number of molecules in one
mole was renamed /Avogadro's number/, N_A . It is approximately 6.0221415 × 10^23 .