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Shelfmark: 20135-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: L.: 32; W.: 17; H.: 12
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: sextant
Abstract: Semi circular brass surveyor's sextant with double pair of verticals for levelling. Needle mounted on agate. Inscribed "Langlais Paris aux Galleries du Louvre". In leather covered case
 
Attributes
Person City Cronology   Position
name: unknown Langlais
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date/range: 1760
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1760
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
 
Subject/s
Discipline Topic Argument

Geology Apparatus Sextant

 
Digital version:  1  Image/s

 

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