Steve, this line is never "dead." It is the internet go-to for pinfire information.

As for Aaron's comment on the Novenber 1855 receipt for Blanch's purchase at Beringer in Paris. This advertisement was posted in the scrap-book near it; perhaps this can help (I admit to not reading the receipt carefully and to assuming this was the purchase trip referred to in Blanch's obituary; it may still be and it may be that Blanch bought other technology in Paris at the same time):

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Last edited by Argo44; 08/05/24 09:30 PM.
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