Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
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Brief 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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Grade: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Topics: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Nature & Method of Science