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Shelfmark: 20117-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 7,5; Diam.: 6,5; Mass: 220 g.
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: apparatus
Abstract: Pith-ball electroscope on copper base in dome-shaped glass vessel, with dome cover in gilt fer-blanc with thin copper rim. Under side of base inscribed: 'Baradelle l'aîné a Paris N.° 1 1787'. Four metallic marks, at equal distances along inner edge of glass dome, with corresponding scale marked on copper base. The unit on scale is divided into two parts. The base is attached to the dome by means of sealing-wax.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Nicolas Eloi Baradelle
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date/range: 1787
date of: manufacture
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1787
date of: manufacture
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
Subject/s
Discipline Topic Argument

Physics Apparatus Electroscope

 
Digital version:  3  Image/s

 

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