Horace Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and ...
Horace Bénédict de Saussure was a Swiss physicist, geologist, and early Alpine explorer who developed an improved hygrometer to measure atmospheric humidity ...
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Geologist
Horace Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven. Wikipedia
Born: February 17, 1740, Conches, Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland
Died: January 22, 1799 (age 58 years), Geneva, Switzerland
Great grandchildren: Ferdinand de Saussure, René de Saussure, Léopold de Saussure, and more
Books: Voyages dans les Alpes, Manuscripts and Publications of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure on the Origin of Basalt, 1772-1797: Italy, 1772-73, Auvergne and Vivarais, 1776, Alps, 1779-96, Provence, 1780-87, Brisgau, 1791-94, Des Basaltes, 1794, Auvergne, 1795, Agenda, 1796, Last Note, 1797, A Description of the Two Albinos of Europe: (one 21, the Other 24 Years of Age) Extracted from M. Sassure's Journey to the Alps, in the Year 1785, and Now Published in the Encyclopædia Britannica, and more
Ancestors: Ferdinand de Saussure, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, René de Saussure, and more
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Feb 17, 2016 · Horace Bénédict de Saussure, a Swiss savant, was born Feb. 17, 1740. On Aug. 1, 1787, Saussure set off from Chamonix with a guide, ...
On February 17 occurs the bicentenary of the birth of the celebrated Swiss naturalist and geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure.
Aug 3, 2021 · De Saussure invented an electrometer and improved the hygrometer and similar instruments. One of the strangest is the cyanometer, an instrument ...
Swiss physicist, geologist and botanist. Horace Bénédict de Saussure was professor at the University of Geneva and had a love of mountains, ...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure longed to perform scientific experiments on the summit of Mont Blanc, and in 1760, when only twenty years old he offered a prize ...
Aug 3, 2022 · Horace Bénédict de Saussure concluded that the differences in the colour of the sky had to be related to the humidity and transparency of the air.
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Feb 17, 2015 · He built thermometers, hygrometers and barometers and took them with him on his ascents. Saussure also invented the solar oven for heating food ...