(French: "Conservatory of Arts and Trades") Public institution of higher learning in Paris, dedicated to applied science and technology, that grants degrees primarily in engineering.
It is also a laboratory that specializes in testing, measuring, and standardization. Its third component is a national museum of technology. It was founded by loom , found there after his death by J.-M. {{link=Jacquard, Joseph-Marie">Jacquard , became the basis for Jacquard's revolutionary design. It contains numerous elaborate automatons and other mechanical devices popular in the 18th century.