Gerentet Joseph
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Nom
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Gerentet Joseph
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Couverture temporelle
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Late 18th century/early 19th century
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Biographie
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A craftsman, perhaps specialised in glass-work or even the making of chemical apparatus, to whom Guyton de Morveau had recourse to develope the new hygrometers (pèse liqueurs) ordered by the Comité de Salut Public on 22 January 1794.1
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Notes biographiques
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1 Librairie F. Comellas, Bulletin, Noël 1989 no 112 describing two letters and four sketches from Gerentet to Guyton explaining difficulties of construction and the need to make special tools to produce the new instruments.
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Identifiant
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1682
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