Clerget-Blin (full name being ''Société Clerget-Blin et Cie'') was a French

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company formed in 1913 by the engineer and inventor Pierre Clerget and industrialist

Eugène Blin Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".SNECMA in 1947.

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The Clerget-Blin company mainly produced aircraft engines, their successful rotary engine designs were also built in Britain by companies such as Gwynnes Limited,

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and

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, to increase the output in the times of

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.Lumsden 2003, p.133.

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* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. * Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. . {{Clerget aeroengines Defunct aircraft engine manufacturers of France Manufacturing companies established in 1913 1913 establishments in France Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1947 1947 disestablishments in France

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