Eugène Turpin
François Eugène Turpin (* 1848 in Paris ; † January 24, 1927 in Pontoise ) was a French chemist who researched explosives. He lived in Colombes , near Paris.
He discovered the explosive properties of picric acid , which was the first detonating, explosive bullet filler and was used from 1886 as lyddite , ekrasite , schimose or melinite .
In October 1896, he felt slandered in Jules Verne's novel Face au drapeau ( The Invention of Perdition ) and initiated a lawsuit. Verne was defended by Raymond Poincaré and acquitted in December 1896 in the first instance and in March 1897 in the second instance.
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Biographical References: Pogg. 6 (4), 2708; Boyer, J. La Nature
Web links
Commons : Eugène Turpin - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Le Petit Journal Illustré: Eugène Turpin à la prison d'Etampes (1893)
- La crise de l'obus torpille ( Memento from November 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Biografia de Eugène Turpin
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turpin, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turpin, François Eugène (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1927 |
| Place of death | Pontoise |