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BalanceEntry/Object ID
2013.3.7Description
A balance purchased from Charles Chevalier. The museum has another balance of similar type, but slightly smaller, and without the name of the maker.
There was a succession of instrument makers by the name of Chevalier. Charles was the son and successor of Vincent, and Charles was followed in turn by his son, Arthur. The catalogues of Chevaliers are numerous, beginning in 1820, or perhaps, before, and continuing at least to 1863. The firm of Charles Chevalier not only had a Paris headquarters, but had a London branch.
Many of the best examples of early philosophical apparatus were made by Chevalier. Chevalier Catalogues are not uncommon. We have seen them at the Boston Public Library and at the libraries of the Smithsonian Institution and the Franklin Institute.Collection
Moosnick Museum - Scientific Apparatus
