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Resource Title:Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Description:Brief, illustrated biography of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, a Swiss physicist, geologist, and early Alpine explorer who also developed probably the first electrometer, a device for measuring electric potential by means of attraction or repulsion of charged bodies.

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Author Institute Of Chemistry, The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
Grade Level High School
Higher Education
Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Publisher / Resource Provider The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
Subject Keyword(s) Geoscience
History Of Science