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The Puy de Dôme — A volcano of the Auvergne overlooking Clermont, where the 1648 experiment on the weight of the air was made
A volcanic dome of the Chaîne des Puys, a few kilometres from Clermont, which it overlooks by nearly a thousand metres. On 19 September 1648, Florin Périer carried a Torricelli tube from its foot to its summit on Pascal’s behalf. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded event that took place on the Puy de Dôme: the Puy de Dôme experiment.
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