Gravet, François
Contenu
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Nom
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Gravet, François
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Date de naissance
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1812
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Date de mort
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1895
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Couverture temporelle
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2/2 19th century
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Couverture spatiale
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Paris
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Biographie
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On purchasing the business of Mabire, whose premises in the rue Cassette had been those of Etienne Lenoir, in 1846, Gravet represented himself as Lenoir's successor. That he was so in any other sense than this of geographical succession (i.e. apprentice, workman, purchaser of business, associate) is unknown. Among instruments known by him are a surveying compass signed 'Gravet, successeur de Lenoir rue Cassette Paris', an Ostoya goniometric slide rule signed 'Gravet Lenoir, 14 r Cassette Paris' and a large wood-cased sector (1). In 1851, before Gravet became associated with Tavernier (qv), Mannheim assigned production of his design of slide rule to him. In 18** Gravet was joint publisher of the manual of slide rule use written by F. Guy, professeur of industrial mechanics at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers at Chalons-sur-Marne (2). He formed a partnership with Tavernier c. 1870
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Notes biographiques
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1 Tesseract 52, no 50. Paris Auction 3. 12. 88 lot 248.
2 2nd edition 1854. Guy subsequently became a director of Tavernier-Gravet.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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14, r Cassette Paris Almanach du Commerce. Bottin de Commerce
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4, r Dauphine Paris Guide Azur 1837 Almanach des. Commerçants 1839.
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2 et 4 Place Dauphine Paris Bottin; Almanach du Commerce
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Exposition année ; ville ; type ; récompense
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1844 Paris Industrie Nationale Bronze medal
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Relation
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Lenoir predecessor
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Identifiant
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1856
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