Paris is still there of course but we - the Director and staff - aren't. News since the previous posting has been scarce for many reasons, mostly unconvincing. We could blame the limited computer facilities in Paris, or the limited spare time, or the limited subject matter, but it would all be somewhat specious and irrelevant.
As a postscript to the previous post it cannot go unremarked that M Gramme stands in bronze in the forecourt of the much-admired Musée des Arts et Metiers which the Director visited on several occasions during his research trip.
And there is much one could (and possibly will) say about le Musée des Arts et Metiers. For now we will merely record the satisfaction of seeing there a model of Henry Maudslay's steam table engine
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