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Maurice Levy (1838-1910) French engineer
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 …cole Centrale in 1875, member of the commission of the geodetic survey of France in 1879, and professor at the CollËge de France in 1885. In 1888 LÈvy 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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