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Jacques Joseph Ducarne de Blangy (December 11, 1728 – April 18, 1808) was a French
* Méthode pour détruire les taupes, 1770, in-8°, avec figures.
* Traité de l'éducation économique des abeilles, où se trouve aussi leur histoire naturelle, Paris, 1771, 2 parties in-12, avec figures.
* Méthode pour recueillir les grains dans les années pluvieuses, et les empêcher de germer, Paris, 1771, in-12; ibid., 1784, et 1796, in-8°.
* Lettre à M. de V. (Voltaire) par un de ses amis sur l'ouvrage intitulé: l'Évangile du jour, Paris, 1771, in-8°.
* Deuxième lettre à Voltaire, 1772.
* Troisième lettre à Voltaire, 1773.
* À la Nation française, aux consuls de la République, à toutes les nations maritimes du globe et à toutes les sociétés savantes de l'Europe, ou Moyens propres à sauver les équipages d'une partie des vaisseaux qui viennent échouer et périr à la côte, Paris, 1801, in-8°, avec figures.
* Observations sur quelques points intéressants d'artillerie, ou Lettre au général *** sur les expériences relatives au transport d'une corde par une bombe ou un boulet, qui ont eu lieu à
agronomist
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and inventor.
Although known for his beekeeping activity, he's better known as an inventor of the rescue bomb at the end of 18th century.
Over the English Channel
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British Army
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Sergeant (later Lieutenant) John Bell, Royal Artillery
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had in 1791 successfully demonstrated the use of a mortar to throw a line to shore and use it to float men to the shore, he had also suggested that these be held in ports to throw a line to a ship, he was awarded 50 Guineas by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
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.
Captain George Manby
Captain George William Manby FRS (28 November 1765 – 18 November 1854) was an English author and inventor. He designed an apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks and also the first modern form of fire extinguisher.
Early life
Manby was bo ...
carried out a successful demonstration of his apparatus before the Suffolk Humane Society and a very large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen at Lowestoft, on the 26th August and 10th September 1807, on the former John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke
John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (30 May 1750 – 27 August 1827), known as Sir John Rous, Bt, from 1771 to 1796 and as The Lord Rous from 1796 to 1821, was a British nobleman, race horse owner and Member of Parliament. He married Charlotte Maria ...
, their President was present. It was this later design that achieved a wide degree of success and was copied and brought into use in a number of European countries.
Published works
* Méthode pour détruire les taupes, 1770, in-8°, avec figures.
* Traité de l'éducation économique des abeilles, où se trouve aussi leur histoire naturelle, Paris, 1771, 2 parties in-12, avec figures.
* Méthode pour recueillir les grains dans les années pluvieuses, et les empêcher de germer, Paris, 1771, in-12; ibid., 1784, et 1796, in-8°.
* Lettre à M. de V. (Voltaire) par un de ses amis sur l'ouvrage intitulé: l'Évangile du jour, Paris, 1771, in-8°.
* Deuxième lettre à Voltaire, 1772.
* Troisième lettre à Voltaire, 1773.
* À la Nation française, aux consuls de la République, à toutes les nations maritimes du globe et à toutes les sociétés savantes de l'Europe, ou Moyens propres à sauver les équipages d'une partie des vaisseaux qui viennent échouer et périr à la côte, Paris, 1801, in-8°, avec figures.
* Observations sur quelques points intéressants d'artillerie, ou Lettre au général *** sur les expériences relatives au transport d'une corde par une bombe ou un boulet, qui ont eu lieu à Vincennes
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, le 22 ventôse dernier., Paris, Blanchon, 1798.
* Traité de l'éducation économique des abeilles : auquel on ajouté les nouvelles découvertes de M. Hubert
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sur cet insecte, Paris, 1802, in-12.
References
French naturalists French beekeepers 18th-century French inventors Sea rescue 1728 births 1808 deaths {{france-scientist-stub