Historical place archive

Puy de Dome in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Puy de Dome in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1648–1648

Historical events in Puy de Dome

1648

19 September 1648
Atmospheric Pressure Variation
Blaise Pascal · Physics

Demonstrates that atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude.

19 September 1648
Puy de Dome Experiment
Blaise Pascal · Physics

Arranges pressure measurements at different elevations on Puy de Dome.

Provenance

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