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1433 - Surveying, Geometry & Technology - Rare camera lucida from the workshop of Charles Louis Chevalier. Paris, ca. 1830, optical drafting instrument, signed "Charles Chevalier, Ing. Opt. Brevete, Palais Royal 163, Paris,” brass and iron, in its original leather case (damaged). Case dimensions: approx. 25 x 5 x 3 cm. Also included: two additional instruments in a case (incomplete). Charles Louis Chevalier (1804–1859), an optical engineer and pioneer of photography, operated his workshop in Paris on Rue du Palais Royal. In 1834, he designed the first achromatic microscope, and in 1839, he developed the first photographic lens. Among his clients was Louis Daguerre, a pioneer of photography.
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Surveying, Geometry & Technology - Rare camera lucida from the workshop of Charles Louis Chevalier. Paris, ca. 1830, optical drafting instrument, signed "Charles Chevalier, Ing. Opt. Brevete, Palais Royal 163, Paris,” brass and iron, in its original leather case (damaged). Case dimensions: approx. 25 x 5 x 3 cm. Also included: two additional instruments in a case (incomplete). Charles Louis Chevalier (1804–1859), an optical engineer and pioneer of photography, operated his workshop in Paris on Rue du Palais Royal. In 1834, he designed the first achromatic microscope, and in 1839, he developed the first photographic lens. Among his clients was Louis Daguerre, a pioneer of photography. A rare camera lucida made by Charles Louis Chevalier. Paris, c. 1830, signed “Charles Chevalier, Ing. Opt. Brevete, Palais Royale 163, Paris,” brass and iron, in original leather case (damaged). Dimensions of the leather case: approx. 25 x 5 x 3 cm. Includes two other instruments (incomplete). #
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