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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 38
Theodore Beyerle, Veil d. Stadt, circa 1800. Fine silver pocket thermometer.
CHF 1,200 - 1,500
Sold: CHF 2,070
C. Three body, Empire with engine-turned band and glazed back. D. White enamel, graduated for Reaumur degrees. Blued steel hand. M. GiIt brass with bimetallic curb, constructed on the same principle than similar thermometers made by Jürsgensen, Houriet or Breguet. Signed on the dial and the movement. Diam. 54 mm.
Notes
This bimetallic thermometer is illustrated by Urban Jurgensen in Principes Généraux de
l'Exacte Mesure du Temps par les Horloges, 1805, pl. XIX.