Charles Renard
Charles Renard (1847–1905) born in Damblain, Vosges, was a French military engineer.
Airships
After the
Preferred numbers
He also proposed a now widely used system of
Road Train
Colonel Renard invented the Renard Road Train first developed by Darracq and displayed by them in 1903 later developed in England by Daimler. The leading motor unit having generated the power transmits it by a continuous shaft united between the carriages by a universal joint to the driving wheels of each carriage. These, each carriage being six-wheeled, are the central pair and are shod with iron, the resulting road-shock being taken by the springs and rubber tyres on the other wheels. Each vehicle is steered by its predecessor through a series of rods and linkages and when a Renard train rounds a corner each vehicle follows precisely in the track of its predecessor.[3] They were powered by a 16.1 litre Daimler engine and the last carriage always cut the corner[4]
Academy
Depressed by the French government's refusal to fund his experiments and the rejection of his candidacy for membership of the French Académie des Sciences he committed suicide in April 1905.[5] The Académie recognized his achievements by the award of the Prix Plumey for 1902[6] and the posthumous award of the Prix Poncelet for 1907.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Hallion 2003, p.87
- ^ "Preferred Numbers". Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ The Commercial Motor-vehicle And Boat Exhibition. The Times, Monday, 1907-03-11; pg. 4; Issue 38277
- ISBN 1-85260-494-8
- ^ Hallion 2003, p.88
- ^ "Séance du 22 décembre". Le Moniteur Scientifique du Docteur Quesneville: 139. February 1903.
- doi:10.1038/077138a0.
- Hallion, Richard P., Taking Flight. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-1951-6035-5