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Shelfmark: 19893-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: L.: 25; Diam.: 6,5; Mass: 130 g.
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: balance
Abstract: Scale in wooden case or folder. Ivory beam with marks, brass pans, all folding into the hollow part of the wooden container, which is said to be Chinese and the two halves of which are hollowed out and joined by a swivel. This is included in the inventory of Lavoisier's instruments when he was condemned to death and his property confiscated. It was shown at the exhibition "Lavoisier" of 1943.
 
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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°)