biography
pronunciation:
[luhklãshay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1839–82)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Paris, France. An engineer by training, he gave up work to devote his time on his invention of the Leclanché battery (1866), now in a slightly modified form known as a dry-cell battery. The Belgian telegraph service made use of it, and he opened a factory for its production. |
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