Maurice Levy (1838-1910) French engineer
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[FRANCE] Maurice Levy (1838-1910) French engineer and member of the Institut de France. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), he was entrusted by the Government of National Defense with the control of part of the artillery. During the next decade he held several educational positions, becoming professor at the ‚Äö√Ѭ∂cole Centrale in 1875, member of the commission of the geodetic survey of France in 1879, and professor at the Coll‚à ö√£ge de France in 1885. In 1888 L‚à ö√†vy inaugurated a system of boat-traction by means of overhead cables. A trial system was installed between Joinville-le-Pont and Saint-Maurice ; it consisted of an endless cable which was kept in motion by powerful steam-engines and to which boats were attached and thus kept at a speed of four kilometers an hour. The system proved unsatisfactory, however. ALS, 1909, 1p. About writing a preface for Marchis's book on aviation. VGPicture of him is NOT included.
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