Louis Jules Duboscq (March 5, 1817 – September 24, 1886) was a French instrument maker, inventor, and pioneering photographer. He was known in his time, and is remembered today, for the high quality of his optical instruments.
Life and work
Duboscq was born at Villaines-sous-Bois (
Seine-et-Oise) in 1817. He was apprenticed in 1834 to Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil (1798–1878), a prominent instrument maker, and he married one of Soleil's daughters, Rosalie Jeanne Josephine, in 1839.
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Among the instruments Duboscq built were a stereoscope (marketing David Brewster's lenticular stereoscope), a colorimeter,[Duboscq, J. and Mene, C., Compt. Rend., 1886, volume 67, pages 1330 – 1331] a polarimeter, a heliostat and a saccharimeter.
See also
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Colorimetry (chemical method)
Further reading
External links
Image:Duboscq colorimeter 1870.jpg | A Duboscq colorimeter
Image:Duboscq Jules Still life with skull.jpg | Duboscq"s Still life with skull
Image:Duboscq lamp.jpg | A Duboscq lamp
