Picture No | 10190806 |
Date | 1707 - 1788 |
Description | BUFFON EXPERIMENT |
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BUFFON experiments with lenses, harnessing the heat of the sun to set fire to a distant tree.
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Source | engraving by an unnamed artist in Louis Figuier, Vies des savants illustres |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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