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STANISLAS

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CHARLES
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HENRI
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LAURENT
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DUPUY DE LOME (1816-1885)  ,
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French
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naval architect, the son of a retired naval officer, was
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born at Ploemeur, near
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Lorient, on the 15th of
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October 1816 . He entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1835, and in 1842 was sent to
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England to study and
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report on
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iron
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ship-
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building . Acting on his report, which was published in 1844, the
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government built their first iron vessels under his supervision . He planned and built the
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steam
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line-of-
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battle ship "
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Napoleon " (1848-1852), and devised the method of altering sailing
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ships of the line into steamers, which was afterwards extensively practised in both
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France and England . He also showed the practicability of armouring the sides of a ship, and the
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frigate " Gloire " gave a very clear demonstration of his views . It was the beginning of the
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great
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change in the construction of ships of
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war which has been going on ever since . In 1857
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Dupuy de Lome was appointed " chef de la direction du materiel," at
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Paris; and in 1861, " inspecteur
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general du materiel de la marine." In 1866 he was elected a member of the
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Academy of Sciences . At the beginning of the Franco-
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German War he was appointed a member of the
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committee of
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defence, and during the
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siege of Paris occupied himself with planning a
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steer-able
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balloon, for carrying out which he was given a
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credit of 40,000 fr.; but the balloon was not ready till a few days before the
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capitulation . The experiments that wereafterwardsmadewith it did not prove entirely satisfactory . In 1875 he was busy over a
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scheme for embarking a railway
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train at
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Calais, and exhibited plans of the improved
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harbour and
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models of the " bateaux
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porte-trains " to the Academy of Sciences in
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July . In 1877 he was elected a senator for
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life . He received the
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cross of the
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Legion of
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Honour in 1845, was made a
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commander in 1858, and
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grand officer in
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December 1863 .

He died at Paris on the 1st of

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February 1885 .

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