Joseph Proust

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What Wikipedia says

Joseph Louis Proust (26 September 1754 – 5 July 1826) was a French chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of definite proportions in 1797, stating that elements always combine in constant proportions in chemical compounds .

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