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Jacques Charles Influence On Ballooning
There has never been a man that has changed the sport of ballooning and science in such a way as Jacques Charles. He devoted his life to studying ballooning and in turn found a well-known scientific discovery. He was not always interested in the sport of ballooning or science, but he ended up discovering a way to change ballooning and science at the same time. Born November 12, 1746 in Beaugency France was a boy named Jacques Charles (Jacques). His nationality was French and his occupation was a physicist (“Jacques” Science). Charles began his professional life as a clerk in the French finance ministry (“Jacques” Science). He became interested in science when Benjamin Franklin visited France (Jacques). The only other information remaining about his childhood is he received a liberal education with no scientific focus (Jacques). Jacques Charles’ religion was never directly mentioned in any books or websites. This might be just because he never wanted to let people base his findings on his beliefs. This might also be false since he never published his findings to allow them to be judged. In spite of the lack of information, one is drawn to believe he is not a Christian since he most likely would have revealed that he was one to spread Christ’s word. No one is sure of his religion, but this does not affect his findings what …show more content…
He created the reflecting goniometer, improved the Gravesand heliostat, and Fahrenheit’s aerometer (“Jacques” Britannica). His works with ballooning lead to his discovery that the volume of a gas is a direct function of its temperature (“Jacques” Physics). He called this Charles law and it is considered the second fundamental property of gasses (Schueller). He never published his works but later his student found the same thing, published it, and gave him the

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