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Claude Jobert

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Claude Jobert
Born(1829-03-05)5 March 1829
Dijon, France
Died6 December 1903(1903-12-06) (aged 74)
14th arrondissement of Paris, France
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrench
Known forPioneer in Aeronautics
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering, Aeronautics

Claude Jobert, born on 5 March 1829 in Dijon[1] and died on 6 December 1903 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris,[2] was a French mechanical engineer and inventor, and one of the pioneers of aeronautics.

Biography

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He studied kite flying from 1870 onwards and explored the possibility of using them for aerial navigation. As vice-president of the Academy of Aeronautics, he built mechanical birds with two or four wings in 1873.[3] In 1875, he flew with Théodore Sivel, Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, and the brothers Albert and Gaston Tissandier aboard the balloon Zénith from La Villette to the Landes in nearly 23 hours.[4] He also conducted meteorological studies during the flights and served as an instructor at the Industrial School.[5]

Jules Verne mentioned him in Chapter III of his novel Robur the Conqueror.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Acte de naissance à Dijon, n° 156, vue 134/377.
  2. ^ Acte de décès (avec âge et lieu de naissance) à Paris 14e, n° 5334, vue 10/31.
  3. ^ Georges Besançon, L'Aérophile: revue technique et pratique de la locomotion aérienne, No. 4, April 1903, p. 73 (obituary)
  4. ^ Site leonc.fr, page Paris - Arcachon: un voyage en ballon, accessed on 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ Adolphe Ganot, Georges Maneuvrier, Traité élémentaire de physique, 1894, p. 217
  6. ^ Alexandre Tarrieu, Dictionnaire des personnes citées par Jules Verne, vol. 2: F-M, éditions Paganel, 2021, p. 167