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France/Spain 2011
Day 4 - 20th March - Paris: Musée des Arts et Métiers (Part 5)
Large Electrostatic Machine, 18th c.
Detector amplifier type "L1", 1917
TV Camera, 1935
Strowger selector, c. 1940
Box of Cable Samples, 1924
Hugues printing device, 1875
I'm not sure what the piano keys do
"Interview" film camera, 1922
Notice it says "Made in France" in English
Pathé Kok projector, 1911
Optical Amusements - this gave the illusion of a moving image
Pens, 1894
Plate as cast for Marinoni's rotary press, 1883
Movable type
Stuff for Phantasmagoria:
"a form of theatre which used a modified magic lantern to project frightening images such as skeletons, demons, and ghosts onto walls, smoke, or semi-transparent screens, frequently using rear projection"
On Phantasmagorias
Glazed earthenware dishes, 1889
There was a room with materials which was quite boring, but it was better than gears.
Electroplated shield, c. 1850
Autovacc, 1990
So why are we still vacuuming?!
Luckily, I'm too young to recognise this. This is an 8" floppy, not a 5.25" one.
Counting Machine
Mystery (?) clock, late 19th c.
Box of simple microscopes. Germany, mid-18th c.
Astronomical clock, early 19th c.
Clock with double annular face, c. 1770
Lavoisier's gasometers, 1785
Device for experimenting on vinous fermentation, late 18
Barometers, early 19th c. and 1780. They have a weather indicator, not just a pressure one
There were scientific instruments with weight and measures, but I didn't see a reproduction of the official KG weight.
I then went back to the ground floor to hear a talk about Foucault's Pendulum. I arrived 5 minutes late so I didn't get a very good spot.
Guide explaining. I was quite tired and hurting by this time so I didn't really pay attention.
Bicycles
Steam Car, 1770
There were too many spoilt screens for the inconvenience to be "occasional"
Unidentified Flying Object
There was also an exhibiton: "Doubles vies. La face cachée des machines" ("Double Lives. The hidden face of machines") but this was just photographs ofmachines taken from odd angles so they looked like faces etc., so it wasn't very interesting.
La Café des Techniques à toutes vapeurs
Apparently all their dishes are steamed. Ugh.