Wall barometer-thermometer, Clockmaker: Lange de Bourbon, ca. 1760
Wall barometer-thermometer, Clockmaker: Lange de Bourbon (French, active 1750–75), ca. 1760, French, Oak veneered with rosewood, gilt-bronze mounts, Height: 45 3/4 in. ( cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Lange de Bourbon (French, active 1750–75), The dial of the thermometer is signed by the barometer maker Lange de Bourbon, about whom little is known. He signed other barometers of the period, including one of about 1770, where the dial reads: LANGE DE BOURBON, FAISEUR DE BAROMETRE DU ROY
Size: 3815px × 5360px
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License: Licensed
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