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  2. List of French inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Bal-musette: a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Although it began with bagpipes as the main instrument, this instrument was replaced with accordion, on which a variety of waltzes, polkas, and other dance styles were played for dances. Cabaret by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 in Paris. [22]

  3. Category:French scientific instrument makers - Wikipedia

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    In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "French scientific instrument makers" The following 26 pages are in this ...

  4. Category:French inventions - Wikipedia

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  5. Étienne Lenoir (instrument maker) - Wikipedia

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    Étienne Lenoir (1744–1832) was a French scientific instrument maker and inventor of the repeating circle. [1] When hired by Jean-Charles de Borda around 1772 to work on the reflecting circle, he was about thirty years old and nearly illiterate. However, his intelligence and mechanical genius allowed him to perform work that few others could ...

  6. Category:French musical instruments - Wikipedia

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  7. Ondes Martenot - Wikipedia

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    The ondes Martenot (/ ˈ oʊ n d m ɑːr t ə ˈ n oʊ / OHND mar-tə-NOH; French: [ɔ̃d maʁtəno], "Martenot waves") or ondes musicales ("musical waves") is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire, creating "wavering" sounds similar to a theremin .

  8. Science and technology in France - Wikipedia

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    France's achievements in science and technology have been significant throughout the past centuries as France's economic growth and industrialisation process was slow and steady along the 18th and 19th centuries. Research and development efforts form an integral part of the country's economy.

  9. Category:French inventors - Wikipedia

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