International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored Alpine caves. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure devoted his whole life to the study of the Western Alps and their geology. In his works, and especially in his "Travels in the Alps" (4 volumes, 1779-1796), he gave the description of a dozen of caves and karst phenomena located in the Alps of Savoy, in Jura, in Provence and in England. He was not alone taking an interested in caves, and he had an important letter-writing correspondence with various scientists who explored caves too in France. His explorations took part in a general thought about alpine geology: in the caves, Saussure measured temperatures, he observed speleothems (maybe the first...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
Since Antiquity, the European mountains were dreaded and avoided by travelers who had to go through ...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure : From the book to the field and from the field to the book. From refer...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure scientific instruments. H.-B. de Saussure (1740-1799), philosopher and ...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
Since Antiquity, the European mountains were dreaded and avoided by travelers who had to go through ...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure : From the book to the field and from the field to the book. From refer...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure scientific instruments. H.-B. de Saussure (1740-1799), philosopher and ...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
Since Antiquity, the European mountains were dreaded and avoided by travelers who had to go through ...