Johann Heinrich Lambert

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Johann Lambert, detail of a lithograph by Gottfried Englemann, after a portrait by Pierre-Roch Vigneron

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Johann Heinrich Lambert: Media

Swiss-German scientist and philosopher

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Johann Lambert, detail of a lithograph by Gottfried Englemann, after a portrait by Pierre-Roch Vigneron

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