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1815-1871 | Germain Sommeiller (1815-1871) | ||
Chief engineer on the [[Mont Cenis Tunnel]].<ref>The Engineer 1871/10/13 page 247.</ref> | Chief engineer on the [[Mont Cenis Tunnel]].<ref>[[The Engineer 1871/10/13]] page 247.</ref> | ||
1858 Patented the first compressed air drill, developed for use on the Mont Cenis Tunnel. One source states that Giovanni Battista Piatti preceded him <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piatti] Wikipedia</ref>, while another states that it was based on an idea by [[Thomas Bartlett]]<ref>'A History of Technology and Invention - Progress through the Ages - The Expansion of Mechanization: 1725-1860' Edited by Maurice Daumas, translated by Eileen B. Hennessy, Crown Publishers Inc. First published in France in 1968 as 'Histoire Générale des Techniques', p.525</ref> | 1858 Patented the first compressed air drill, developed for use on the Mont Cenis Tunnel. One source states that Giovanni Battista Piatti preceded him <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piatti] Wikipedia</ref>, while another states that it was based on an idea by [[Thomas Bartlett]]<ref>'A History of Technology and Invention - Progress through the Ages - The Expansion of Mechanization: 1725-1860' Edited by Maurice Daumas, translated by Eileen B. Hennessy, Crown Publishers Inc. First published in France in 1968 as 'Histoire Générale des Techniques', p.525</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 9 January 2023
Germain Sommeiller (1815-1871)
Chief engineer on the Mont Cenis Tunnel.[1]
1858 Patented the first compressed air drill, developed for use on the Mont Cenis Tunnel. One source states that Giovanni Battista Piatti preceded him [2], while another states that it was based on an idea by Thomas Bartlett[3]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1871/10/13 page 247.
- ↑ [1] Wikipedia
- ↑ 'A History of Technology and Invention - Progress through the Ages - The Expansion of Mechanization: 1725-1860' Edited by Maurice Daumas, translated by Eileen B. Hennessy, Crown Publishers Inc. First published in France in 1968 as 'Histoire Générale des Techniques', p.525