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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]
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 ...
Sébastien Érard (French: [sebastjɛ̃ eʁaʁ]; 5 April 1752 – 5 August 1831) was a French instrument maker who specialised in the production of pianos and harps, developing the capacities of both instruments and pioneering the modern piano.
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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments (French: Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique) is a book by Nicholas Bion, first published in 1709. [1] It was translated into English in 1723 by Edmund Stone. [2] The book describes ways to construct mathematical instruments.
During the Fourth International Conference of Electricians in Chicago, electrical units were defined 1893: English physicist J. J. Thomson invented waveguides: 1894: Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi begins developing the first radio wave based wireless telegraphy communication system [6] [7] 1895
Beyer originally presented the instrument on 19 January 1785, in a presentation at the French Academy of Sciences, while the instrument still was nameless, [9] with the instrument being publicised in the Journal de Paris multiple times through the same year. [10] Many glasschords were built by Chappell & Co., until around 1815. [11] [12]
Pages in category "French scientific instrument makers" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.