MEGNIE, PIERRE BERNARD |
France; Spain, 1751-1807, MIM OIM PHIM |
Barometers = CNAM (3); Equatorial Telescope = POB. |
Mégnié; instrument maker for Lavoisier and Cassini IV; made balances, telescopes, etc.; also signed as "Mégnié le Jeune"; Daumas thought it was to distinguish himself from his father and his uncle who were both master locksmiths in Dijon. |
Paris; Madrid (1786-93); Paris. |
Daumas 1; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
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