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Leopoldo Nobili

1784 - 1835

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Leopoldo Nobili, born on 5 July 1784 in Trassilico (Toscana) and died on 22 August 1835 in Florence, was an Italian physicist who invented a number of instruments critical to investigating thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Born Trassilico, Garfagnana, after attending the Military Academy of Modena he became an artillery officer. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur for his service in Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In 1825 he developed the astatic galvanometer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopoldo Nobili is the 615th most popular physicist (down from 555th in 2019). (down from 3,131st in 2019)

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Among physicists, Leopoldo Nobili ranks 615 out of 851Before him are Albert Betz, Victor J. Stenger, Prosper-René Blondlot, Aleksandr Stoletov, Alfred Landé, and Udupi Ramachandra Rao. After him are Walter Kaufmann, David Deutsch, Heinrich Kayser, Jean Becquerel, Franco Rasetti, and Abraham Alikhanov.

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Among people born in 1784, Leopoldo Nobili ranks 47Before him are Joseph Bové, Juan Mora Fernández, José Tadeo Monagas, Charles Dupin, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, and Christopher Hansteen. After him are José María Pérez de Urdininea, William Yarrell, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. Among people deceased in 1835, Leopoldo Nobili ranks 27Before him are Jan Rustem, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Sally Hemings, Rain-in-the-Face, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, and Ivan Martos. After him are Wenzel Müller, Thomas Hardwicke, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Pauline Auzou, and Andreas Miaoulis.

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