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Brief obituary [http://clio.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/patrons/AC000009234/AC000009234Doc2024.pdf here] (in French).
Brief obituary [http://clio.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/patrons/AC000009234/AC000009234Doc2024.pdf here] (in French).


Brief summary of his work  (in French), from which:-
Born in Paris 11 March 1824. Graduated from Arts et Métiers (Angers, class of 1841). Started out as a mechanic at Saulnier, then at the Kientzy workshops, and at John Penn's office in Lewisham. He then moved to Australia where he became a gold mining engineer at Bendigo, then he ran a machine building workshop for factories and shipping. On his return to France, he collaborated with Niaudet in the workshops of the Maison Breguet, where he became a consulting engineer. He filed numerous patents. Died in Paris in November 1898. <ref>[http://www.patronsdefrance.fr/?q=sippaf-actor-record/23366] Patrons de France website</ref>
 
Born in Paris 11 March 1824. graduated from Arts et Métiers (Angers, class of 1841). Nicolas Raffard started out as a mechanic at Saulnier, then at the Kientzy workshops, and at John Penn's studies office in Lewisham. He then moved to Australia where he became a gold mining engineer at Bendigo, then he ran a machine building workshop for factories and shipping. On his return to France, he collaborated with Niaudet in the workshops of the Maison Breguet, where he became a consulting engineer. He filed numerous patents. Died in Paris in November 1898. <ref>[http://www.patronsdefrance.fr/?q=sippaf-actor-record/23366] Patrons de France website</ref>


A model of a marine oscillating engine by Raffard, 1849, is on display at the [[Musee des Arts et Metiers]]. Inv. No. 8173.
A model of a marine oscillating engine by Raffard, 1849, is on display at the [[Musee des Arts et Metiers]]. Inv. No. 8173.

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1824-1898

Brief obituary here (in French).

Born in Paris 11 March 1824. Graduated from Arts et Métiers (Angers, class of 1841). Started out as a mechanic at Saulnier, then at the Kientzy workshops, and at John Penn's office in Lewisham. He then moved to Australia where he became a gold mining engineer at Bendigo, then he ran a machine building workshop for factories and shipping. On his return to France, he collaborated with Niaudet in the workshops of the Maison Breguet, where he became a consulting engineer. He filed numerous patents. Died in Paris in November 1898. [1]

A model of a marine oscillating engine by Raffard, 1849, is on display at the Musee des Arts et Metiers. Inv. No. 8173.


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  1. ↑ [1] Patrons de France website
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