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Born January 31, 1881 • New York City • New York
Died August 16, 1957 (aged 76) • Falmouth • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1932)
Subjects Of Study Langmuir-Child equation • chemical bonding • covalent bond • electrical discharge • electron emission • gas • tungsten

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