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26 December 1898: the fabulous destiny of Marie Curie

123 years ago, Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of radium and polonium to the Academy of Sciences and at the same time proposed the word “radioactivity” to describe the fruit of their research. We look back on an event which was to change the face of the world.   THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN It all began with a talented French physicist, Henri Becquerel. This researcher, a professor at the Ecole Polytechnique and member of the Academy of

2021.12.20
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13 December 1827: a revolutionary boiler

This week it’s full steam ahead with the story of a boiler for which the patent was filed on the 13th of December 1827 by Marc Seguin: a symbol of the industrial revolution which was to sweep away the century. Let’s raise the curtain on a particularly heated episode in history.   A FAMILY AIR  From the day he was born into a family of drapers in Annonay on the 20th of April 1786, Marc-François Seguin’s destiny seemed to lie in the air. His mother was one

2021.12.13
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7 December 1888: John Boyd Dunlop, an industrialist who remolded the

This week, let’s take a look at a truly pumped-up Scottish inventor who, exactly 133 years ago, filed a patent that was to revolutionize a transport world which was itself undergoing profound changes: the pneumatic tire.   AN IRISH BALLAD John Boyd Dunlop was born on the 5th of February 1840 on a farm in Dreghorn, Scotland. His natural curiosity and intelligence won him a place at the prestigious University of Edinburgh, where he qualified as a veterinary surgeon. He practiced

2021.12.07
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25 November 1915: thanks to Albert Einstein, everything becomes relative!

This week, we look back on the major discovery of the most famous scientist in history who, on the 25th of November 1915, presented his general theory of relativity to the Prussian Royal Academy of Science.   A FAR FROM ORDINARY STUDENT The famous Albert Einstein, who was born on the 14th of March 1879 in Ulm, was an astonishing personality. His scientific vocation was clear from an early age: he was barely five years old when he became fascinated by a compass, the functioning of which

2021.11.22
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21 November 1782: Jacques de Vaucanson, a mechanical genius

This week, we tell you the story of one of the fathers of mechanics and automata, a man still very much part of our everyday lives, both technologically and artistically...   AN EARLY CALLING Jacques de Vaucanson was born on the 24th of February 1709 in Grenoble into a large middle-class family. In spite of this, it was to overcome his loneliness that this glove-maker’s son revealed his exceptional mechanical abilities at a very early age. His mother took him every Sunday to visit

2021.11.15
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10 November 1810: George Jennings, the finest toilets available to everyone

This week marks the anniversary of the birth of a certain George Jennings. Although this name probably means nothing to you, we all owe a debt of gratitude to this English engineer, since he is none other than the inventor of… public flush toilets.    A MIND SWIRLING WITH IDEAS Josiah George Jennings was thus born on the 10th of November 1810 in Eling, Hampshire. The oldest of seven children, he started work upon the death of his father when he was only 14 and ended up joining

2021.11.08
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19 October 1897: George Pullman and the train of history

This week, we profile an American industrialist whose name went down in history for the best of reasons… but also for the worst.   THOSE WHO LOVE HIM CAN TAKE THE TRAIN… The destiny of George Pullman, who was born on the 3rd of March 1831 in New York State, quickly became clear. His father, a mechanical engineer, found a job working on the widening of the Erie Canal. His mission was to move houses and reinstall them on better and more permanent foundations. Thus made aware

2021.10.18
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5 October 1914: the French pilots Frantz and Quenault win the first aerial dogfight in history

This week, we look back to the first military exploit of a then very recent industrial invention used in an armed conflict, and not just any conflict because we are talking about World War I.   A NEW MODE OF COMBAT When the war began in the summer of 1914, aviation was still in its infancy, the Wright Brothers’ first flight having taken place only in 1903. Nevertheless, immediately realising its military importance, France equipped itself with aircraft for reconnaissance purposes

2021.10.04
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