Jean-Antoine Nollet

Jean-Antoine Nollet
Portrait by Quentin de La Tour, c. 1753
Born(1700-11-19)19 November 1700
Pimprez, Kingdom of France
Died25 April 1770(1770-04-25) (aged 69)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Other namesAbbé Nollet
Known forDiscovery of osmosis

Jean-Antoine Nollet (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan nole];[1] 19 November 1700 – 25 April 1770)[2] was a French clergyman and physicist who did a number of experiments with electricity and discovered osmosis. As a deacon in the Catholic Church,[2] he was also known as Abbé Nollet.

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