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Charles-Édouard Guillaume

1861 - 1938

Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861 – 1938) was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 for studies of ferronickel alloys that culminated in the discovery of invar (a nickel–steel alloy).
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"Charles Édouard Guillaume." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/248688/Charles-Edouard-Guillaume>.
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