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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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	book Exposition au Palais de l
		bibliographic reference	Exposition au Palais de la Découverte, à l'occasion du deuxième centenaire de la naissance de Lavois...

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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°)