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Shelfmark: 19885-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: 77,3; 55,8; 93,3
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: balance
Abstract: Middle balance in glass case with movable front panel. With a load of 600 grammes, beam moves with 0,005 gramme. Steel beam, 50 cm. Long, carries a pointer 20 cm. Long, the movement of which can be observed, through a fixed lens, against a scale. The three knife edges are of steel. The beam is raised by a fine cord articulating a lever inside the brass upright, which is about 50 cm in height. Diam. scale pans 10,5 cm.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: Gabriel Dupont
resp.: donor
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: author
name: Paris
date/range: 1790
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1790
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Pierre Bernard Mégnié
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date/range: 1790
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
Subject/s
Discipline Topic Argument

Académie des Sciences Weigths and Measures Balance

 
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