Thesaurus

Term: Paris

Description

Captured & fortified by Romans in 52 BC; ruled by Clovis from 486; besieged by Northmen 885-887; held by English 1420-1436; center for Revolution 1789-1792; taken by Germans 1870-1871; site of many international political conferences 18th-20th cen.

Objects

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Phelps single crown receiver (or transmitter)

1879-1880

telephone receiver "POUR LA FRANCE" (mouthpiece?)

circa 1880

2-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

1740-1769

device to puncture card with electric spark

1870-1890

electric spark discharger

1860-1880

People

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Théodore and Albert Duboscq

circa 1880 - 1890

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Théodore Olivier

1793 - 1853

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Charles Chardin

fl. 1870 - 1940

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Jean Baptiste François Soleil

1798 - 1878

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Jean-Baptiste-Charles Gonichon

fl. 1733 - 1763