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Cabinet minéralogique.

 

The top of the 'staircase' in the cabinet. It indicates that the rocks displayed on the 'steps' are from this part of the carrière (mine).

 

The inscription includes both imperial and metric indications of the depth beneath the surface. It would date back to when France was in transition between these measurement systems around 1795.

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Uploaded on October 18, 2014