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[Decrees and Orders] Decree [n°2170] of the... - Lot 42 - Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux
[Decrees and Orders] Decree [n°2170] of the National Convention, of the 21st day of Pluviôse, second year of the French Republic, one & indivisible, which establishes a Competition on the means of organizing Watches & Clocks in decimal divisions. Clermont-Ferrand, Veuve Delcros & fils, [1794]. In-4 in ff. of 4 pp. Interesting decree launching a competition to adapt future watches and clocks as well as the old ones to the republican era based on decimal divisions (each day being divided into 10 hours, each hour into tenths, hundredths etc.). The same decree is added, this time printed in Orléans at Jacob the Elder's house. We also add the Bulletin des Lois n°493. (n°11,705.) Ordinance of the King relating to Watchmaking. In Paris, September 19, 1821. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, December 9, 1821. In-8 in ff. of (4) pp. (ch. 673-676).
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