Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
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| - | [[Christian von Mechel]] was a printmaker and art dealer working in Basel. | + | '''Horace-Bénédict de Saussure''' (17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a [[Geneva|Genevan]] aristocrat, [[physicist]] and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of [[alpinism]], and considered to be the first person to build a successful [[Solar cooker|solar oven]]. |
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| - | Green and Christian von Mechel, who later commissioned a companion piece for it, Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June . ... | + | |
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| - | In 1810, Christian von Mechel (who had reorganized what artworks were left in the Sanssouci palace after the French had plundered it) ... | + | |
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| - | Members : Christian von Mechel Joseph Rudolf Valentin Meyer (1762) Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (1776, president in ... | + | |
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| - | The painting was commissioned by V. and R. Green and Christian von Mechel, engraver s and publisher s, for £500. They had in 1793 ... | + | |
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| - | jpg | Christian von Mechel, Descent from Mont-Blanc in 1787 by H.B. de Saussure, copper engraving. Collection Teylers Museum , Haarlem. ... | + | |
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| - | jpg | Descent from the Mont Blanc in 1787 by H.B. de Saussure br /Copperplate engraving by Christian von Mechel File:The tip of Mont ... | + | |
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Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.
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