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Shelfmark: 20235-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 6; Diam.: 4; Mass: 10 g.
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: model
Abstract: Model in silver of streent lamp-holder with wrought-iron cage for lamp. Top cover missing. Windows are designed for glazing and pieces of bevelled-edged glass are in position in one of the sides. One face is hinged for opening and has a knob. The base and top of the part to cointain the lamp have a perforated design. Label on upright is inscribed 'BC' with a figure, possibly an '8' following.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1765
date of: manufacture
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
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Discipline Topic Argument

Optics Artificial lighting -