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Rare silver bimetallic thermometer, fine enamel dial with graduations in Fahrenheit and Reaumur and indications "Degr�s du chaud" et "Degr�s du froid � Paris" and common references for temperatures "Glace, Oranger, Temp�r�, Serres Chaud, Chambre Malade, Vers � Soye, Bains, Chaleur. Humaine, S�negal, Sirie" and very high and low temperatures from the past, 1753 (+30 R), 1788 (-18 R), 1709 (-17 R), 1776 (-15 R), 1740 (-10 R)
Courvoisier & Comp established in 1811. Louis Courvoisier's second wife was Julie Houriet, a niece of Jacques Fr�d�ric Houriet, who was the inventor of the bimetallic thermometer.
Diameter 58 mm |
