Tournant
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Nom
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Tournant
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Couverture temporelle
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Late 18th century
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Biographie
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was among the artisans suggested for election to the corporation of instrument-mekers in the second election of April 1788. Earlier in the decade he had developed a lens polishing machine which although highly esteemed in a report, the newly founded CNAM, in 1804, refused to purchase on the grounds that it had not been brought into use by opticians. For part of his career he had worked in Berlin as optician to the Berlin academy. In 1792 h e received a 5000 ivres award from the Bureau de Consultation. 1
1 Daumas 201, 352-3.
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Identifiant
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3067
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