Breguet

Contenu

Nom
Breguet
Date de naissance
1804
Date de mort
1883
Couverture temporelle
1881- mid 1960s
Société
Maison Breguet SA
Biographie
After Louis-Clémence Breguet abandoned horology in 1870, when he sold the watch-making business to his works manager Edward Brown, he continued manufacture of all that related to electricity. After a family re-arrangement of the business in 1881 the name of 'Maison Breguet SA' was adopted. Under the impulsion of Antoine Breguet numerous instruments were shown at the exhibition of the same year, including a rheostatic machine of Planté's design, electrostatic condensors, magneto and dynamo machines of various types (Gramme and others), electrical measuring instruments, a wide range of batteries, cables, conductors and insulators, medical apparatus, electro-magnets, registering devices, chronographs, registering dynometers and even electrical horology.1 in later years the company diversified into turbines, telephones, and electric pumps.
Notes biographiques
1 Cat. 1881, 11 no 2; 12 no 29; 15 no 90; 17 no 130; 20 no 179; 37 no 495; 38 no 522; 41 no 576. For an example of the GGRamme machine with serial number 121 by Breguet with Jamin magnet see Tesseract 67 n° 41.
Bibliographie
Manuel de Télégraphie , Paris 1851.
4th edition 1862
Catalogue illustré: appareils et matyériaux pour la télégraphie électrique, instruments divers: électricité, physique mécanique météorologie, physiologie, etc. Paris 1873.
Extrait du Catalogue général illustré: apparfeils de mesure électrique, Paris 1883.
Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
Blvd Montparnasse Paris
Rue Didot Paris 14e
Douai
Identifiant
1276
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