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    Expedition of Jean Richer to Cayenne (1672-1673)". Isis. 34 (2): 117–128. doi:10.1086/347762. ISSN 0021-1753. Re-published as: Richer, Jean (1729). "Observations...
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  • Richer, or Richers, is a surname, and may refer to: Richer, Count in Luihgau and Hainaut (died 972) Richer (bishop of Verdun) (fl. 1089–1107) Bob Richer...
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    visible from the bottom of the valley. Another hypothesis was proposed by Jean Richer (archaeologist) who observed that the ship on which the statue is placed...
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    Joseph Jean-Jacques Richer (French pronunciation: [stefan ʁiʃe]; born June 7, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. Richer was...
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    of gravity. During his expedition to Cayenne, French Guiana in 1671, Jean Richer found that a pendulum clock was 2+1⁄2 minutes per day slower at Cayenne...
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    French astronomer Jean Richer had measured the 0.3% difference in length between Cayenne (in French Guiana) and Paris. Jean Richer and Giovanni Domenico...
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    books, including: 1573: Les Chroniques et annales de Poloigne. Paris: Jean Richer. Available on Gallica. 1573: La description du royaume de Poloigne, &...
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    French astronomer Jean Richer had measured the 0.3% difference in length between Cayenne (in what is now French Guiana) and Paris. Jean Richer and Giovanni...
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    Francis I sent Christophe Richer to Denmark and Sweden, the first official French embassy to a Protestant state. Richer was French ambassador to Denmark...
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    was discovered by Jean Richer on January 12, 1673 (and again observed on January 21) during the last year of an expedition Richer made to Cayenne, French...
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