Georges Claude

French engineer
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(1870-1960). French chemist and physicist Georges Claude was born in Paris. He is noted for his invention of the process for liquefying air and other gases. Claude also made ammonia out of atmosphere, invented neon light, and devised the method of utilizing for power difference in temperature between the waters at the depths and the surface of tropical seas.

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