LANGLOIS, CLAUDE |
France, c.1730-50, MIM SIM |
made various types of sundials and surveying, mathematical and astronomical instruments which can be seen at ADL, POB, CNAM, OXF, HAK, NMM, DRE, NYM, LOU, HAY, WHI, Huelsmann Coll., etc. |
installed the meridian in St. Suplice Eglise in 1744; perfected the pantograph in 1743; "Ingénieur"; most instruments are signed "Langlois" or "C. Langlois"; worked for the Academy of Sciences; succeeded by his nephew, Canivet. |
Au Niveau; aux Galeries du Louvre; both in Paris. |
Daumas 1; Grötzsch 2; Körber 1; Michel 3; NMM 2; Engelmann 1; Josten; Bryden 16; Trois Siècles; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
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