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Adolphe Gaiffe

He founded his firm in 1856 and it remained in business until the early decades of the twentieth century.

A. Gaiffe is mentioned in Du Moncel, Applications de l'Electricite, 1873 (lib 3114) v 2, (see index, for example p 248).

box of 6 tubes of powdered phosphorescent specimens

box of 6 tubes of powdered phosphorescent specimens

Adolphe Gaiffe
1860-1890
direct current milliammeter

direct current milliammeter

G. Gaiffe fils
1890-1910
electric spark discharger

electric spark discharger

Adolphe Gaiffe
1860-1880
induction coil

induction coil

Adolphe Gaiffe
circa 1870
tangent galvanometer

tangent galvanometer

Adolphe Gaiffe
circa 1870
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