musée des arts et des métiers

paris certainly seems to love museum! musée des arts et des métiers was quite interesting. It was created off the basis of l'Encyclopédie (or dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers). I liked the room with the everyday technology (different cameras and televisions). Here are some photos from our visit there:

Machine de Marly (1684). This machine was built by a carptener-mechanist named René Sualem (aka Rennequin). It was used for raising water from the Seine to flow through the fountains and ornamental lakes in the gardens of Versailles. The machine is famous for its expectional size and the mahcinery it incororates.

Microscopie électronique à transmission Siemens (1973). The microscope was used for studying cancerous viruses and normal and diseased human cells then for research on various types of animal cells.

Lavoisier's Lab.