Dynamometer designed by Edme Regnier, 1796 / State Library of New South Wales, 1988
Dynamometer designed by Edme Regnier, 1796 / State Library of New South Wales, 1988
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1988
Call Numbers
FM2/2083
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
13 negatives - 35 mm - film, black & white
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Approval for reproduction required : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Musee de l"Armee, Paris
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : FM2/2083
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Negatives of original Dynamometer designed by Edme Regnier, 1796, five different views.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Dynamometer designed by Edme Regnier, 1796 / State Library of New South Wales, 1988
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6659 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Conservation note
Good condition
Description source
Mitchell file as numerous notes and information on the Dynamometer
Contextual Information
Source
Original lent for copying by Musee de L'Armee, November 1988
Pic.Acc.6659
Administrative / Biographical history
It was at the instigation of Buffon and Gueneau de Montbelliard that, in the early 1870s, the engineer in mechanics Edme Regnier (1751-1825) sought to make an instrument which met the experimental conditions then set forth by the two naturalists: aiming to measure in a comparable way the relative forces of man at different ages, at different stages...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
FM2/2083
Record Identifier
nZNvv2Jn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvv2Jn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
902327
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