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Briquet may refer to: People named Briquet * Briquet (possibly Jehan de Villeroye) , an early Renaissance composer * Charles-Moïse Briquet (1880-1918), Swiss paper merchant and scholar of watermarks * Fortunée Briquet (1782–1815), French femme de lettres * John Briquet (1870-1931) - Swiss botanist * Paul Briquet (1796-1881), French psychiatrist * Robert Briquet (14th century), mercenary captain during the Hundred Years' War Other * Artois Hound or Briquet, a rare breed of dog, and a descendant of the Bloodhound * Briquet (coin), a Medieval silver coin * Briquette or briquet, a block of flammable matter which is used as fuel to start and maintain a fire * Briquet's, a famous 19th century private school at Plain Palais, Geneva, Switzerland * Sabre, a sword with a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, often carried in past centuries by infantrymen and artillerymen * A type of sandwich A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Moïse Briquet
Charles Moïse Briquet (30 August 1839, in Geneva – 24 January 1918, in Geneva) was a noted Swiss filigranology, filigranologist. He was the first, or among the first, to suggest the use of watermarks for dating paper. He produced in 1907 the mammoth four-volume work ''Les Filigranes''. His papers, including his collection of traced watermarks, are kept at the Bibliothèque de Genève. Works by Briquet that have been published in English * "The Briquet Album : a miscellany on watermarks, supplementing Dr. Briquet's "Les filigranes", (1952). * "Briquet's Opuscula; the complete works of Dr. C.M. Briquet without Les filigranes", (1955). WorldCat Identities References {{DEFAULTSORT:Briquet, Charles Moise Watermarking 1839 births 1918 deaths 19th-century ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |