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    Louis Vicat (31 March 1786, Nevers – 10 April 1861, Grenoble) was a French engineer. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1804 and the École des...
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    2018 in Brazil. The company was established in 1853 by Joseph Vicat (1821–1902), son of Louis Vicat, who invented artificial cement in 1817. His cement plant...
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  • (former President of the French Republic) Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Louis Vicat Jacques Villiers François Philippe Voisin Michel Virlogeux Jean Tirole...
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    Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac and his wife Zoé Berriat. The city is the cradle of the French company Vicat, founded by Joseph Vicat (son of Louis Vicat)...
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    statue. This was destroyed but the Musée dauphinois has a model. Louis-Joseph Vicat - 1855. Bust. At the Museum of Grenoble. Monument to General Marchand...
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    Also missing are Antoine Chézy, who was less famous;[citation needed] Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, who was early in his career at the time; and mathematician...
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  • before lifting into place, but Chaley's system, inspired by the ideas of Louis Vicat, allowed considerably longer cables to be erected at less cost. He built...
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  • French with transcript)". Docplayer.fr. Retrieved 30 December 2019. "Joseph Louis François Bertrand". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. "Biot biography"...
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    used reinforced decks in future structures such as the Brooklyn Bridge. Louis Vicat reported in 1853 on the problems with the anchorages, and all similar...
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    Vinci, Cachin, Palladio, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Bramante, Vauban, Vicat held their genius due to unobserved reasons and causes to which we give...
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  • Cement by Louis Vicat. Hairdryer in 1879 by Alexandre Godefroy. Modern Dry cleaning in 1855 by Jean Baptiste Jolly. Reinforced concrete by Joseph Monier...
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    cement of the kind invented 7 years later by the French engineer Louis Vicat. Vicat's cement is an artificial hydraulic lime, and is considered the "principal...
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  • Pierre Veltz, academic and École des Ponts ParisTech's former director Louis Vicat, engineer, inventor of artificial cement Raul Salinas de Gortari, civil...
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    French civil engineer Louis Vicat in the 1830s from the older system of water limes and feebly, moderately and eminently. Vicat published his work following...
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    Milton Hans (His Nephew) – Effie Mason Alice (Rip's Little Daughter) – Alice Vicat Tom Tit (Bugler to Rowley's Company) – Rose Moncrieff Leedle Jan (Katrina's...
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    same principle was identified by Frenchman Louis Vicat in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Vicat went on to devise a method of combining chalk...
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    number of crew from Merseyside is understated; for example, Chief Engineer Joseph Bell and Chief Steward Andrew Latimer lived with their families in the Liverpool...
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  • William H. Illingworth, American photographer (born 1844) April 6 – George Vicat Cole, English painter (born 1833) April 18 – Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz,...
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  • Despans-Cubières 31 March - Louis Vicat 20 April - Marc Seguin 9 July - Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France 10 July - John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières 31...
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  • Philip Hermogenes Calderon 91 March 1870 Erskine Nicol 92 June 1870 George Vicat Cole 93 August 1870 William Quiller Orchardson 94 October 1870 Alexander...
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  • doctors, philosophers and scientists. Even before Linnaeus, botanists such as Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Charles Plumier and Pier Antonio Micheli were naming...
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  • cricket umpire Renee Cole (born 1971), American beauty pageant contestant Rex Vicat Cole (1870–1940), British artist R. Guy Cole Jr. (born 1951), American judge...
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    lightly calcining ground chalk and clay together. The French Engineer Louis Vicat in 1812–1813 experimented with calcining synthetic mixtures of limestone...
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    together with water, to produce a slurry, containing 20–50% water. Both Louis Vicat and James Frost used this technique in the early 19th century, and it...
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  • under Foot his most Insidious Enemy (coloured marble) April 17 – George Vicat Cole, English painter (died 1893) May 3 – Philip Hermogenes Calderon, French-born...
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    Le Chatelier 1055 Jul-44 Afloat as a breakwater at Powell River BC L. J. Vicat Jul-44 Afloat as a breakwater at Powell River BC Robert Whitman Lesley 1057...
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    Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846–1911) Ann Birch Cockings (c. 1766–1844) George Vicat Cole (1833–1893) Ernest Crofts (1847–1911) Eyre Crowe (1824–1910) George...
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    Arts. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024. "Louis Gallait | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived...
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    his ideas, Maxim parted company with Vickers to form a new company with Louis Bleriot and Claude Grahame White. Vickers were to persist with aircraft...
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