Jacques Canivet

مولود: 1714

الموت: 1773

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Jacques Canivet was a French scientific instrument maker. He was born in 1714 in France and died in 1773. Canivet was a Parisian craftsman who started his business from the workshops of Lordelle and Jean Chapotot in 1743 at Quai de l'Horloge du Palais à la Sphère Royale. He was Master of the Corporation des Fondeurs and became supplier of scientific instruments to the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris. Canivet produced compasses, graphometers, astronomical quadrants, transit instruments, drawing instruments, and parallactic machines. He succeeded Claude Langlois (1690-1756) and was succeeded by Lennel.