Duchemin Emile Marin

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Nom
Duchemin Emile Marin
Date de naissance
1833
Date de mort
1910
Couverture temporelle
2/2 19th century
Biographie
Manufactured circular magnets for pivoted-card magnetic compasses. These were manufactured by Dumoulin-Froment as was the 'boussole-circulaire patented by Duchemin in 1874 (N° 101.992) and tried at sea between 1873 and 1875. A known surviving example carries the serial number 1616 (1). A pair of circular magnets signed by Duchemin are attached to a wind-rose by Dumoulin-Froment numbered 1579. A copy of the 4th edition of Duchemin's pamphlet concerning the compass is dedicated to the Commandant Duperre (2). Adetailed description and. approbation of Duchemin's compass is given in Ledieu (3).
Notes biographiques
1 Illustrated on www.compassmuseum.com/compass/nautical/duchemin.
2 Randier 10.7. 10 lot 183.
3. Ledieu 404-6.
Bibliographie
Expériences pratiques de la boussole circulaire faites à bord des navires de l'état en 1873, 1874 et 1875, Paris 1875 (8 pp.)
2nd edition 1875
3rd edition 1875 adds to title after l'état et de lamarine marchande, (20 pp.)
4th edition 1876
5th edition 1877 (20pp)
6th edition 1877
7th edition 1877, revised & augmented
8th edition 1878, revised & augmented (51pp.)

Hommage à un homme de bien qui après avoir été mon premier maître est resté mon meilleur ami, à M. l'abbé Caillet, Paris 1876.
Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
11, rue de la Bienfaisance Paris
Identifiant
1239
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