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Shelfmark: 20164-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: L.: 14; Diam.: 3; Mass: 50 g.
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: apparatus
Abstract: Solid cylindrical wooden case with rounded ends and hollowed out cavities holding four milk-glass dropping tubes and centre cavity carrying small test-tube. The test-tube is closed with wax and contains a brown substance that looks resinous.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1760
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)