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    Jean-Barthélémy Camille Polonceau (29 October 1813 – 21 September 1859) was a French railway systems engineer. He was born in Chambery, France, and died...
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    purchased for a model farm at Grignon, near Versailles, run by M. Polonceau. Polonceau crossbred the cashmeres with Angora goats to improve the down for...
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    physicist NE07 BREGUET Louis Breguet physicist and inventor NE08 POLONCEAU Camille Polonceau engineer NE09 DUMAS Jean-Baptiste Dumas chemist NE10 CLAPEYRON...
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  • Babbitt metal by Isaac Babbitt. Invention of the Polonceau truss for roof construction by Camille Polonceau. Claimed invention of the rear-wheel driven bicycle...
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  • full process of exposure, development and fixation. Camille Polonceau patents the Polonceau truss. The first electric locomotive built is a miniature battery...
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    Chapelle to the south. Rue Polonceau follows its crest This hypothesis is contested by Michel Fleury At nos. 36 to 40 rue Polonceau On the site of 23, rue...
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    Carrousel in front of the Tuileries. The bridge's architect, Antoine-Rémy Polonceau, succeeded in a design that was innovative in several aspects. For one...
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  • outdoor stone structure bearing a type of metal frame in the style of Polonceau however was quickly criticised, by Hector Horeau, who called for a project...
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    century, this structure has been used for halls and railway stations (Polonceau truss). It is associated with the transparency of glass for the halls...
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  • Bologne 0.276: Milan 0.277: Plaisance 0.278: Edwards 0.279: Viguier 0.280: Polonceau 0.281: Clapeyron 0.282: Bourdon 0.283: Gay-Lussac 0.284: Thénard 0.285:...
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    engineer Camille Polonceau, who used it to build stations for the Paris-Versailles railway, so it has come to be known as a "Polonceau Roof". He was a...
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    stands in blank, red brick walls with arched windows and a roof with Polonceau trues. The other one is from 1939 and was used for weawing and cutting...
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    V.; Said, S.: Finite Element Model Calibration of a Historic Wiegmann–Polonceau Truss Based on Experimental Modal Parameters; Cham: Springer International...
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    provinces of the Dutch Republic, as well as of foreign countries. There are Polonceau trusses under the roof. And therefore not, as often is incorrectly assumed...
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