1740 Fusee cutting machine, Inv. No. 1233, on display at the Musée des Arts et Metiers
Antoine Thiout the elder (Paris, 1692–1767) was a French clockmaker. He wrote Traité de l'horlogerie mechanique et pratique (Paris, 1741), a treatise on clockmaking which was widely read in his time.[1]
Several of Thiout's machines are held by the Musée des Arts et Metiers, namely:-
- 1730-40 Fusee cutting machine (machine à tailler les fusées), Inv. No. 1234. Information and zoomable photograph here.
- 1740 Fusee cutting machine (machine à tailler les fusées), Inv. No. 1233. Information and zoomable photograph here.
- Screwcutting lathe (Tour à fileter), Inv. No. 4121. Information and zoomable photograph here. Not on display.
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