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Shelfmark: 20219-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 5,8; Diam.: 3,95
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: missing instrument
Abstract: Cylindrical brass weight, marked "5 hectogrammes" and "modele - Fortin". Knob screws off and inside is filled with lead.
 
Attributes
Person City Cronology   Position
name: Pierre S. Dupont
resp.: donor
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Nicolas Fortin
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date/range: 1790
date of: manufacture
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1790
date of: manufacture
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
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Académie des Sciences Commission Weigths and Measures