Gaudron Antoine I
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Nom
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Gaudron Antoine I
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Couverture temporelle
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2/2 17th century
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Biographie
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A clock-maker in the liberty of St Germain des Près from c. 1660/65, free of the Paris corporation 5 June 1675, according to Papin he made, and kept in stock, air-pumps.1 These followed the designs of Huygens and Papin. He was 'Juré of the Clockmakers' Cokrporation in 1690-92. In 1671 he married Anne Baignoux who was a protestant as in 1685 she, and their four children abjured the reformed confession.2 In association with his sons he established a commerce in 'horology, precious stones, mirrors, porcelain, bronzes and jewelry'. In 1688, according to his son Pierre he developed an equation clock, the earliest known mentioned in France. He died well-off with an estate of 174,000 livres. Charles le Bon and Julien le Roy were his pupils and perhaps also his workmen.3
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Notes biographiques
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1 Denis Papin, Nouvelles expériences du vide…, Paris 1674, ch. viii: 'On trouve les machine toutes prêtes…chez M. Gaudron'.
2 Tardy 249.
3 Augarde 319.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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r. Mazarine Paris Papin, ch VIII
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r. Dauphine Paris A la perle Tardy 249
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Identifiant
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1511
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