Philippe de Girard

Philippe Henri de Girard ( born 1 February 1775 in Lourmarin, Vaucluse, † August 26, 1845 in Paris) was a French engineer.

De Girard worked in various professional circles, fled during the French revolution, led a very eventful life, and returned under Napoleon returned to Paris.

When the Emperor 1810 a prize of one million francs ( which was never paid ) exposed for the invention of a flat spinning machine, also Girard sought to the construction of such and was by his 1810 patented in France and constantly improved machine of the founders of the mechanical flax spinning since the later impacting inventions are only progress on the deals initiated by him and practically pursued approach. He also designed a tubular boiler, a rotary steam engine, a steam cannon etc. appointed in 1815 to Austria, he ran until 1825 spinning pastors mountain near Vienna. Later he headed the mining trade in Poland. He died on August 26, 1845 in Paris.

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• Engineer, inventor, engineer
• Person (steam turbine)
• Inventor (textile industry)
• Frenchman
• Born in 1775
• Died in 1845
• Man