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Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
PIXII | France, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | either Nicolas Constant Pixii or his son, Anthoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | RSW. | |
PIXII ET FILS | France, c.1833, PHIM | Air Pump = P.C. | Nicolas Constant and Antoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | rue de Grenelle, St. Germain 181, Paris. | Brieux 3; RSW. |
PIXII NEVEU ET SUCCESSEUR | France, c.1825, PHIM | Prism, variable angle = USNM. | "Pixii Neveu et Successeur de Dumotiez." | Rue du Jardinet No. 2 à Paris. | Warner 13. |
PIXII PERE ET FILS | France, 1808-35, PHIM | Barometer = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Air Pump = D.(1976). | "Tube de Mariotte"; "Pixii Père et fils; Nicolas Constant and Antoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | rue de Grenelle, St. Germain 181, Paris. | Warner 13; RSW. |
PIXII, ANTOINE-HIPPOLYTE | France, 1803-35, PHIM | Electromagnetic Generator = FLO. | son of Nicolas Constant Pixii; invented a magneto-electric machine in 1832; worked with his father, 1832-35. | 91 Rue de Jardinet, No. 2, Paris. | Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13. |
PIXII, NICOLAS CONSTANT | France, 1776-1861, MIM PHIM | Thermoscope = P.C.; Torricelli Tube, 1830 = USNM; Hygrometer = LEY; Goniometers, Wollaston-type = APS, USNM; Pyrometer = USNM; Thermometer = LEY. | nephew of Louis-Joseph and Pierre François Dumotiez; one of the best and most productive makers of physical apparatus of his day; succeeded his uncles, c.1815; worked with his son, Antoine-Hippolyte, 1832-35; see Pixii Père et Fils; see Nicolas Constant Pixii-Dumotiez; U. of Georgia, Athens, bought instruments in 1819. | 91 rue de Jardinet, No. 2, Paris. | Daumas 1; Multhauf 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13; RSW. |
PIXII-DUMOTIEZ, NICOLAS CONSTANT | France, c.1815, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = PEA. | Nicolas Constant Pixii succeeded his uncles, Louis-Joseph and Pierre François Dumotiez, c.1815. | Paris. | Daumas. |
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