Jules Petiet
From Graces Guide
Jules Alexandre Petiet (1813-1871) was a French engineer and a Director of the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures.[1]
French mechanical engineer who worked on the early development of the French railway network. He was the Chief Engineer of the Chemins de Fer du Nord from 1845, and became a locomotive engineer from 1848. Petiet expanded the fleet of Nord locomotives from 187 at his appointment in 1848 to 841 at his death in 1871.
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- ↑ 'Transitions in Engineering' - Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Supension Bridges' by Tom F. Peters, Birkhauser, 1987