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 19949-0000 |
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instrument |
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L.: 102; Diam.: 10 |
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barometer |
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Barometer in frame suspended by hook from a frame mounted on four-limbed trestle support with struts. Brass plate inset in wood at top reads: "Barometre de Megnie pour Mr Lavoisier, de l'Academie R.le des Sciences &c. N° 2. 1779." With vernier in silvered-brass and centigrade mercury thermometer reading from -15 to +65. |
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A Chronology of Lavoisier's Career. Prepared by Maurice Daumas, Henry Guerlac and Carl Perrin. Edited by Marco Beretta |
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chronology |
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event |
| Abstract: |
(1779): Lavoisier acquires a new kind of barometer constructed by Mégnié. |
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