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    Albert Irénée Caquot (1 July 1881 – 28 November 1976) was a French engineer. He received the “Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)” (military honor) and...
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  • The Prix Albert Caquot is an annual prestigious award presented by the French Association of Civil Engineering. It is named after Albert Caquot, a famous...
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    engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida sculpted the face. Constructed between...
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    screenwriter Albert Capellas (born 1967), Spanish football manager Albert Capraro (1943–2013), American fashion designer Albert Caquot (1881–1976), French...
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    inaugurated in 1919 after a proposal by the celebrated aeronautics engineer Albert Caquot (1881–1976). Occupying over 150,000 square metres (1,600,000 sq ft)...
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    aerodynamic lift similar to a kite, as well as to reduce drag. Designed by Albert Caquot, a French engineer, in 1914, the barrage balloons of World War I and...
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    Tides in 1943. Nevertheless, work did not actually commence until 1961. Albert Caquot, the visionary engineer, was instrumental in the construction of the...
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    extending it to cover the case of soils possessing both cohesion and friction. Caquot and Kerisel modified Muller-Breslau's equations to account for a nonplanar...
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    copies of the German Parseval Drachen balloons but the French capitaine Albert Caquot, for whom it was named, developed a much-improved design that replaced...
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    cash for themselves. Cellatex suffered the same fate at Givet in 2000. Albert Caquot, polytechnic and academician, built many structures and made other inventions...
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    build the ship was A. C. Loire's newly completed Caquot dock, named for its designer, Albert Caquot, though it was commonly referred to as the "Jean Bart...
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    resulted in a reassessment of the project. Designed and engineered by Albert Caquot, work started in February 1929, and final acceptance took place in 1933...
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  • engineer, designed the Cappelen Memorial Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota Albert Caquot French civil engineer Edgar Cardoso Portuguese civil engineer and professor...
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    Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024 Laurent-Emmanuel Calvet, economist Albert Caquot, civil engineer, considered the "best living French engineer" during...
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    Academy of Sciences 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte 1906 Henri Poincaré 1952 Albert Caquot 2001–2002 Hubert Curien 2003–2004 Étienne-Émile Baulieu 2005–2006 Édouard...
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    passenger ship, which as a result between 1928 and 1934 created the Albert Caquot–engineered the Louis Joubert dry dock – at 1,200 m × 60 m (3,940 ft...
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    within. A key early order for Bloch was issued by the French engineer Albert Caquot, who sought a tri-engined aircraft suitable for postal services. During...
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  • jet engine pioneer Giovanni Caproni (1886–1957) – founder of Caproni Albert Caquot (1881–1976) – aviation pioneer Robert Castello [fr] (1906–1976) – chief...
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    a lasting contribution to earth pressure theory (1903, 1910), which Albert Caquot would use successfully as his starting point. The Résal effect is named...
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  • Honour, member of the French Academy of Sciences, coined term "turbine" Albert Caquot X1899 Engineer, considered the best living French engineer during half...
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  • Supérieure de l'Aéronautique", under the leadership of the French engineer, Albert Caquot, and in 1972 it became l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aeronautique...
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    1963 Eduard Justi, 1963 Theodore von Kármán, 1962 Franz Patat, 1962 Albert Caquot, 1962 Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, 1961 Rudolf Vogel [de], 1961 Paul...
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  • SIMECSOL), and as a teacher and a writer. He married Suzy Caquot, the daughter of Albert Caquot, in 1931. Towards the end of his life, he applied his engineering...
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    Eduardo Torroja designed a cable-stayed aqueduct at Tempul in 1926. Albert Caquot's 1952 concrete-decked cable-stayed bridge over the Donzère-Mondragon...
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    Magne(fr) (1938–44) Robert Lelong (1944–45) Louis Pineau (1945–50) Albert Caquot (1951–54) Georges Jean Marie Darrieus (1954–57) Georges Chaudron (1957–61)...
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    important at that time were the Caquot balloons, produced for all the allied countries. The designer, Albert Caquot went on to plan the Chalais-Meudon...
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  • "Mentions légales - SACLA". Retrieved 2019-08-21. Chez IMRA Europe 220, RUE ALBERT CAQUOT BP 213 06904 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CEDEX France "Introduction." Lycée international...
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  • Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering in 1994, and the Albert Caquot Award in 2001. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on May...
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  • 28 February 1916 - 11 January 1918 Albert Caquot 12 January 1918 - 1920 Georges Fortrant 1920-1925 Albert Caquot 1928-1933 ... Roger Guénod 1974-1980...
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    Emmanuel Klotz Albert Pereira-Lazaro Produced by Philippe Gompel Roch Lener Starring Vincent Cassel Diane Kruger Omar Sy Edited by Thibaud Caquot Music by Lucien...
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