Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot

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Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot (born September 16, 1809 in Saint-Venant , † July 31, 1881 in Ancerville (Meuse) ) was a French designer and inventor .

In 1836 he applied for a patent for his moderator lamp, which was similar to other lamps from the 1820s. He had the lamp built by the lamp manufacturer JAC (Rue du Faubourg-St. Martin 39) and Hadrot (Rue des Fossés-Montmartre). After the Levavasseur brothers had recreated the lamp, the judges ruled in 1845 that Franchot had not invented anything new on the lamp.

His lamp had to be wound up several times in one evening. If you missed this, the wick would char.

In 1854 he invented an engine similar to the Stirling engine.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franchot's moderator lamp. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 136, 1855, pp. 93-94.
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.antik-oellampen.de
  3. ^ Silvestre, E .: Neuburger's moderator lamp. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 136, 1855, pp. 258-260.
  4. ↑ http://www.moteurstirling.com/pdf/franchot.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Franchot, Charles-Louis-Félix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French designer and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Venant
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1881
Place of death Ancerville (Meuse)