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Thomas Andrews (scientist)
1813Dec, 9

Thomas Andrews (scientist)

Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)
Thomas Andrews FRS FRSE (19 December 1813 – 26 November 1885) was an Irish chemist and physicist who did important work on phase transitions between gases and liquids. He was a longtime professor of chemistry at Queen's University of Belfast.

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