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Saussure, Horace Benedict de, 1740-1799 (Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 17 February 1740 - 22 January 1799

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Notes on Dumfriesshire and the Alps, 1802

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/7
Scope and Contents

Volume contains notes on the geology of Dumfriesshire, dated by Professor Sweet to 1802, and an outline of the writeup of the geology of the Alps by 'Saussures', probably Swiss colleague Horace Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799).

Dates: 1802
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Notebooks of Robert Jameson