Gustave Trouvé
| Gustave Trouvé | |
|---|---|
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Gustave Trouvé | |
| Born |
2 January 1839 La Haye Descartes, France |
| Died |
1902 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Physics, Engineering, Electrical engineering |
| Alma mater | Ecole des Arts et Métiers |
| Known for | Outboard motor, electric powered automobile |
Gustave Trouvé (1839–1902) was a French electrical engineer and inventor in the 19th century.
Personal life
Youth
Born to a modest family, Gustave Trouvé studied at the Collège de Chinon before joining the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Angers.[1]
Paris
In Paris, he worked as a clockmaker before creating a company in 1865 that designed electric machines and his innovations. His work was popularized by the magazine La Nature.[2]
Inventions
Outboard motorboat of Gustave Trouvé
During his career, Gustave Trouvé worked on several communication systems :
- military telegraphy[2]
- an early telephone[3]
- a type of microphone[4]
... and vehicles :
- First outboard motorboat around 1870,[5] patented in May 1880[6]
- First electric powered automobile
- Gunpowder powered ornithopter in 1870[7]
- First practical electrically lit endoscope in 1873
- Wearable Electric Jewels in 1884[8]
In November 1881 M. Trouvé demonstrated a working three-wheeled electric automobile at the International Exhibition of Electricity in Paris.[9]
References
- ↑ "Gustave Trouvé". Personnalités. Ville de Descartes (city of Descartes). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 La télégraphie militaire (military telegraphy), La Nature, 1876
- ↑ Le téléphone de G.Trouvé, La Nature, 1878
- ↑ Microphone, La Nature, 1878
- ↑ Olsson, Kent. "THE OUTBOARD MOTORS". Säffle Marinmotor Museum. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ Desmond, Kevin. "A Brief History of Electric Water Speed Records". electric record team. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ "Unmanned Ornithopters". About Ornithopters. Ornithopter Zone. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ Bijoux électriques animés (Electric jewels), La Nature, 1879
- ↑ Wakefield, Ernest H. (1994). History of the Electric Automobile. Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1-56091-299-5.
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