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Alexis Thérèse Petit
Alexis Thérèse Petit (October 2, 1791 - June 21, 1820) was a French physicist.
Petit was born in Vesoul, France. He is best known for the Dulong-Petit law for the specific heat capacity of metals, which he co-discovered with Pierre Louis Dulong in 1819.
Petit died in Paris, France.
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