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Calendar of Scientific Pioneers

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May 12, 1684. Edmé Mariotte died.—An independent discoverer of Boyle's or Mariotte's law, Mariotte was prior of St. Martin-sous-Beaune. He was one of the earliest members of the Paris Academy of Sciences, and wrote on percussion, heat, colour, and hydraulics.

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S., E. Calendar of Scientific Pioneers. Nature 107, 349 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107349a0

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