Buffon and his friends studying mammalian generation by means of the microscope. Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. He epitomizes the revolutionary changes that the Enlightenment brought to the study of nature.

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Comte de Buffon Using Microscope

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