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From object
Shelfmark: 19891-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 4; W.: 9; L.: 23,5; Mass: 390 g.
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: balance
Abstract: Steel-yard balance with brass bob and calibration numbers from 5 to 20. On the face under that carrying these numbers there are marks numbered 12, 16, 20, and other marks without numbers. The two serrated edges at opposite angles sugges two scales
 
Attributes
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°)
 
Subject/s
Discipline Topic Argument

Chemistry Apparatus Balance