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Shelfmark: 20075-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 1,2; W.: 1,1; L.: 9,4; Mass: 20 g.
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: instrument
Abstract: Folding rule in ivory in seven hinged sections. Twenty-two units of lenght, divided into twelfths. Ten of these units = 26,5 cms. Therefore, the unit is the pouce. On the back various capital letters marked.
 
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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°)