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Shelfmark:	20109-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France)	Suggestions & Corrections
Type:	instrument
Dimension:	H.: 17; Diam.: 7; Mass: 60 g.

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Thematic group:	Instruments
Type:	apparatus
Abstract:	A Henly's quadrant electrometer, by G. Adams, London. The protractor reads in degrees and seems to be made of ivory on wood. The usual light-rod with attached cork ball is missing.

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	chronology A Chronology of Lavoisier's Career. Prepared by Maurice Daumas, Henry Guerlac and Carl Perrin. Edited by Marco Beretta
		event	(1780): Lavoisier acquires several instruments related to experiments on electricity....

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Attributes
Person	City	Cronology	Position
name: -	name: Paris	date/range: 1952 date of: donation epoch: 20 (2°)
name: George Adams resp.: maker	name: London	date/range: 1780 date of: manufacture epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier resp.: owner	name: -	date/range: 1780 date of: manufacture epoch: 18 (2°)

Subject/s
	Discipline	Topic		Argument
	Physics		Apparatus	Electricity

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