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Shelfmark: 19947-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: L.: 94; W.: 15; H.: 2,5
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: barometer
Abstract: Barometer and thermometer inscribed "Barometre Thermometre de Reaumur par Dinon". On right a Réaumur (spirit) thermometer, reading from -18 to +41. At various points there are marking such as 1709, 1767, 1740, Glace, Froid, Temperé, Paris, 1750, Senégal. On left a barometer (broken at top), reading from 0 to 29,1 pouces. Wooden frame painted with decoration in leaves and flowers. Both tubes of capillary.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: unknown Dinon
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (1°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1760
date of: acquisition
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
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Discipline Topic Argument

Meteorology Barometer -

Meteorology Thermometer -