Recording aneroid barometer, Paris, circa 1875.

Scale: 69 – 80 cmHg.

3” dial marked:

LAFONTAINE OPTICIEN

18 PALAIS ROYAL 18.

PARIS

Baromètre Anéroïde

Antione Redier trade mark: ARED

Capsule marked: PHBN (Pertuis, Hulot, Naudet et Cie.)

Height : 22 cm.

Width : 15 cm.

Depth : 9.5 cm.

A.-M. Lafontaine, opticien-fabricant, 18 Galerie Montpensier, Palais-Royal, Paris.

The Lafontaine company was founded by A.M. Lafontaine and was located in the Galerie Montpensier, Palais-Royal, Paris. The company sold pedometers from Wuilleumier Frères of Renan, Switzerland. Other products supplied included binoculars, theatre binoculars, barometers, thermometers, and more. Clocks from this company have also survived. A book about the company was published in 1874 , and a catalogue entitled “Instruments for Mountain Excursions” (Instruments pour excusions en montagne) appeared in 1882 . Lafontaine was a supplier to the French Alpine Club from its inception.