Colombi, C.
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Nom
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Colombi, C.
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Couverture temporelle
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mid-19th century
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Biographie
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An optician who was commissioned to make two zenith telescopes for Antoine d'Abbadie, but the order ended in a court case(1). An octant signed 'Colombi fils' is known (2), but that this is C. Colombi is uncertain, and the exact relation between the latter and Colombi at Brest & St Malo, also remains to be elucidated. A large combined ruler and protractor designed by 'Martin géomètre de 1ére classe and dedicated to the Director of the Institut de France 29 October 1862 was made by a Colombi, as was a 'méthode pour les choix des lunettes' and a new. form of portable barometer (3).
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Notes biographiques
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1 Webster & Webster 28. Ac des Sc dossier d'Abbadie, letters to Radau 3 April & 12 May 1862.
2 La Rochelle 8.7.2016 lot 69.
Le Zograscope, 26 July 2021 (Transatlantic Book Fair).
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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3-5, Quai Conti Paris
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Identifiant
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1426
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