DUPUY DE LOME, STANISLAS CHARLES HENRI LAURENT (1816-1885)

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DUPUY DE LOME, STANISLAS CHARLES HENRI LAURENT (1816-1885) , French naval architect, the son of a retired naval officer, was born at Ploemeur, near Lorient, on the 15th of October 1816. He entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1835, and in 1842 was sent to England to study and report on iron ship-building. Acting on his report, which was published in 1844, the government built their first iron vessels under his supervision. He planned and built the steam line-of-battle ship "

Napoleon

NAPOLEON

" (1848-1852), and devised the method of altering sailing ships of the line into steamers, which was afterwards extensively practised in both France and England. He also showed the practicability of armouring the sides of a ship, and the frigate " Gloire " gave a very clear demonstration of his views. It was the beginning of the

great

GREAT

change

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. 冠 urmu', to bend)

in the construction of ships of war which has been going on ever since. In 1857 Dupuy de Lome was appointed " chef de la direction du materiel," at Paris; and in 1861, " inspecteur general du materiel de la marine." In 1866 he was elected a member of the

Academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

of Sciences. At the beginning of the Franco-German War he was appointed a member of the committee of defence, and during the siege of Paris occupied himself with planning a steer-able

balloon

BALLOON

, for carrying out which he was given a credit of 40,000 fr.; but the

balloon

BALLOON

was not ready till a few days before the capitulation. The experiments that wereafterwardsmadewith it did not prove entirely satisfactory. In 1875 he was busy over a

scheme

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

for embarking a railway

train

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)

at Calais, and exhibited plans of the improved harbour and models of the " bateaux porte-trains " to the

Academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

of Sciences in July. In 1877 he was elected a senator for life. He received the

cross

CROSS

of the Legion of Honour in 1845, was made a

commander

COMMANDER

in 1858, and grand officer in December 1863. He died at Paris on the 1st of

February

FEBRUARY

1885.

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