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THE former, known as the “law of Avogadro,” implies that any given volume at the same temperature and pressure must contain the same number of molecules. It includes the law of Chasles, viz. equal expansibility for equal increments of heat; and the law of Boyle or Marriotte, that the volume of any gas must vary inversely as the pressure.
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PHILLIPS, S. The Laws of Volume and Specific Heat . Nature 30, 288–289 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030288a0
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