STANISLAS See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

LAURENT See also:

• DUPUY, CHARLES ALEXANDRE (1851– )
• DUPUY, PIERRE (1582-1651)

DUPUY DE LOME (1816-1885)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• NAVAL

naval architect, the son of a retired naval officer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Ploemeur, near See also:

• LORIENT

Lorient, on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1816 . He entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1835, and in 1842 was sent to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to study and See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building . Acting on his report, which was published in 1844, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government built their first iron vessels under his supervision . He planned and built the See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• LINE

line-of-See also:

• BATTLE

battle ship " See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon " (1848-1852), and devised the method of altering sailing See also:

• SHIPS

ships of the line into steamers, which was afterwards extensively practised in both See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and England . He also showed the practicability of armouring the sides of a ship, and the See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate " Gloire " gave a very clear demonstration of his views . It was the beginning of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the construction of ships of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war which has been going on ever since . In 1857 See also:

• DUPUY, CHARLES ALEXANDRE (1851– )
• DUPUY, PIERRE (1582-1651)

Dupuy de Lome was appointed " chef de la direction du materiel," at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris; and in 1861, " inspecteur See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general du materiel de la marine." In 1866 he was elected a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences . At the beginning of the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German War he was appointed a member of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence, and during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Paris occupied himself with planning a See also:

• STEER, PAUL WILSON (186o– )

steer-able See also:

• BALLOON

balloon, for carrying out which he was given a See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of 40,000 fr.; but the balloon was not ready till a few days before the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation . The experiments that wereafterwardsmadewith it did not prove entirely satisfactory . In 1875 he was busy over a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for embarking a railway See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train at See also:

• CALAIS

Calais, and exhibited plans of the improved See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour and See also:

• MODELS

models of the " bateaux See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

porte-trains " to the Academy of Sciences in See also:

• JULY

July . In 1877 he was elected a senator for See also:

• LIFE

life . He received the See also:

• CROSS

cross of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour in 1845, was made a See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in 1858, and See also:

• GRAND

grand officer in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1863 .

He died at Paris on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1885 .