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Shelfmark: 19902-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: W.: 2,8; L.: 6; Mass: 2090 g.
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: weights
Abstract: Brass mortar with 36 weights of different denominations with Chinese signs on one face and Arabic numbers on the other. The weights seem to belong to two sets.
 
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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: 1788
date of: acquisition
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
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Discipline Topic Argument

Académie des Sciences Weigths and Measures Weights