TOURNANT, ALEXANDRE |
France; Germany; Englandc.1730-92, OIM |
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glass-grinder and turner; worked in France and Germany, then moved to England; worked for Matthew Boulton, 1770-72; succeeded by his widow and daughter; invented machines to reproduce and to polish lenses. |
Paris; Berlin; Birmingham (1770-72); Paris. |
Taylor 2(543); Daumas 1. |
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