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BUFFON EXPERIMENT

BUFFON experiments with lenses, harnessing the heat of the sun to set fire to a distant tree

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13845917

Media ID

45756332

Size

5327px x 3718px (3.6MB)

Credit

Mary Evans Picture Library

Source

engraving by an unnamed artist in Louis Figuier, Vies des savants illustres

Date

1707 - 1788

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1707 1788 Buffon Experiments Harnessing Lenses

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