BUFFON EXPERIMENT
BUFFON experiments with lenses, harnessing the heat of the sun to set fire to a distant tree
Picture No
10190806
Media ID
47389172
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
