Kruines (Kruyeres), Matthias
Contenu
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Nom
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Kruines (Kruyeres), Matthias
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Date de mort
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1811
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Lieu de naissance
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Kuttenplan
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Lieu de mort
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Paris
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Couverture temporelle
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1/2 19th century
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Biographie
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Born in Kuttenplan, a Czech town south of Zwickau (1), Kruines migrated to Paris at an unknown date probably in the last decades of the 18th century. A general instrument retailer and optical instrument-constructor, in the early years of the 19th century he carried out researches into optical glass and achromatic telescopes. At the 1806 exhibition he received an 'Honourable mention' for the latter (2), and in 1807, with Lançon, he reported on their development of a new composition of flint glass to the Académie des Sciences (3). After his death the business appears under the name 'Veuve Kruines' (4).
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Notes biographiques
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1. Inscription on the base of a Rousseau-type horizontal dial and noon-gun made for the meridian of Prague. 'Kruines Quai de l'Horloge à Paris'; 'Natif de Kuttenplan'. Narodni Technicke Muzeum, Prague. See Horsky & Skopova, 69 N° 58. For further noon-gun dials in thesee Kynel, 26 (horological museum, Sternberk), and Montanes 72.
2. Rapport…, 155.
3. See the report by Delambre, Charles, Burkhardt & Gay-Lussac to the Académie des Sciences, 28 Marc h 1808.
4. Nachet 113.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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Enclos St Denis de la Chartre Paris, Au Telescope Nachet 113
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1801-05: quai de l'Horloge, 42, Pont Neuf Paris Almanach du Commerce An X
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1807-39: quai de l'Horloge, 61 (after 1831 sometime: 61 bis) Paris ( Almanach du Commerce, Bottin; Alm com 695).
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21, quai de l'Horloge Paris Almanach du Commerce
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Identifiant
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115
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