Claude Jobert
| Claude Jobert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1829 Dijon, France |
| 💀Died | 6 December 1903 (aged 74) 14th arrondissement of Paris, France6 December 1903 (aged 74) |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | French |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Pioneer in 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
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
- ↑ Acte de naissance à Dijon, n° 156, vue 134/377.
- ↑ Acte de décès (avec âge et lieu de naissance) à Paris 14e, n° 5334, vue 10/31.
- ↑ Georges Besançon, L'Aérophile: revue technique et pratique de la locomotion aérienne, No. 4, April 1903, p. 73 (obituary)
- ↑ Site leonc.fr, page Paris - Arcachon: un voyage en ballon, accessed on 29 July 2021.
- ↑ Adolphe Ganot, Georges Maneuvrier, Traité élémentaire de physique, 1894, p. 217
- ↑ Alexandre Tarrieu, Dictionnaire des personnes citées par Jules Verne, vol. 2: F-M, éditions Paganel, 2021, p. 167
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