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A Louis XVI Period (1774 - 1793) Barometer - Thermometer.

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"A Louis XVI Period (1774 - 1793) Barometer - Thermometer."

A Louis XVI period gilt carved wood barometer - thermometer, decorated with two doves, a torch and a quiver symbolising the Allegory of Love on the top. Signed "Radiguet & Fils Opticiens/ Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire 15à Paris".Very nice original gilding. Interesting historical references for the thermometer. The mechanism was revised.
France.
18th century.
After Torricelli (1608 - 1647) and Réaumur (1683 - 1757).