Jules Faesch

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Jules Faesch (born April 23, 1833 in Geneva , † March 14, 1895 in Menton on the Côte d'Azur ) was a Swiss engineer.

Life

Jules Faesch obtained his engineering degree in Paris from the Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures and joined the company Weibel, Briquet & Cie. a. The company manufactured heaters and cannon stoves . After the death of the partner Weibel in 1886, Faesch and Paul Piccard themselves become partners in the company, which now operates under the name Faesch et Piccard .

In the same year, the Usine Force Motrice was put into operation in Geneva , which distributed the energy for the watchmaking companies in the city with a pressurized water supply . The company developed a water turbine to convert the energy of the pressurized water into a rotating movement . Paul Piccard developed a hydraulic servo motor with an integrated load controller so that the speed of these turbines was independent of the required drive power . This Faesch-Piccard-Turbine developed between 50 and 70 HP and served from 1883 as a motor for the drive of working machines in the factories. The turbine construction was so successful that the heating construction was sold.

The company's greatest success was when it won the bid to supply the turbines for the Edward Dean Adams Power Plant at Niagara Falls , against international competition . It was the first large power plant in the world. The Fourneyron turbines with an output of 5000 hp were manufactured according to drawings from Geneva at the IP Morris ironworks in Philadelphia , so that import duties could be avoided, only the regulators were supplied from Switzerland.

From 1862 to 1870 he was a member of the Geneva municipal council. As a member of the engineering troops , he was involved in the construction of the road over the Furka Pass from 1863 to 1866 (1871 Major).

family

Jules Faesch's parents were the judge Alphonse François Faesch and Louise Elisabeth b. Micheli. In 1866 he married Amélie de Senarclens, the daughter of Henri Auguste Victor de Senarclens de Vufflens (1805-1858), the owner of Vufflens Castle ( Canton of Vaud , Switzerland ) and his wife Henriette Frédérique Macaire d'Hogguèr (1818-1890). Her daughter, Marie Faesch (1867–1950), in 1882 again married the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ad Cie Suisse de Chauffage et de Ventilation. In: Catalog collectif suisse des affiches. Federal administration, accessed on January 5, 2014 (French).
  2. ^ Early Electrification of Buffalo. In: Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Retrieved September 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Faesch, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1895
Place of death Menton