François-Philippe Charpentier

François- Philippe Charpentier, ( born October 3, 1734 Blois, † July 22, 1817 ibid ) was a French inventor and engraver.

François- Philippe Charpentier in Paris learned the engraver art and invented the inked style in copper etching, but sold his secret to the well-known archaeologists and art collectors Anne- Claude- Philippe, Comte de Caylus.

His invention gave him an apartment in the Louvre and the title of a royal mechanic. As such, he made ​​multiple mechanical discoveries and experiments: He melted with the burning glass metals, improved the lanterns of lighthouses and ships of war, invented fire engines, machines for boring cannons for engraving Drawings for top factories for simultaneous cutting multiple sheets at once and for drilling of six shotgun pipes. For the latter he received the directorate of the Atelier de perfectionnement.