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CHARLES BIESSE, ORLEANS. LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BAROMETER/THERMOMETER
CHARLES BIESSE, ORLEANS. LATE 18TH CENTURY
With creme painted and blue paper-lined wooden scale inscribed in black, signed Par Charles Biesse/Opticien Rue Royal 82 a/Orleans, the reverse inscribed in black ink Ba, with black painted steel pointer; tubes and mercury removed
95 cm. high
CHARLES BIESSE, ORLEANS. LATE 18TH CENTURY
With creme painted and blue paper-lined wooden scale inscribed in black, signed Par Charles Biesse/Opticien Rue Royal 82 a/Orleans, the reverse inscribed in black ink Ba, with black painted steel pointer; tubes and mercury removed
95 cm. high
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