biography
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Séguin, Marc
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known as the Elder
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pronunciation:
[saygĩ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1786–1875)
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| biography:
| Mechanical and civil engineer, born in Annonay, SC France. He was taught science informally by his uncle Joseph Montgolfier, and maintained an interest throughout his life in such problems as the mechanical equivalent of heat. His principal achievements were in engineering, notably his association with the development of wire-rope suspension bridges from 1825 onwards, and his invention of the multi-tubular (fire-tube) boiler, which he patented in 1827, and which was used by George Stephenson in his Rocket locomotive. |
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