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Re: Gustave Zede

From: Ernie Sjogren <esjogren~at~nc.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 23:05:41 -0000
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Miller <rmiller~at~crosslink.net>
To: <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 7:45 PM
Subject: Gustave Zede


> Can anyone come up with the birth and death dates of submarine
> inventor Gustave Zede?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Miller

Ron,

1825-1891 (and note the cause of death, an explosion in his laboratory),
according to an authoritative-sounding notice at

http://www.quid.fr/WEB/DEFENSE/Q054840.HTM :

"Gymnote [français, mis à l'eau le 24-9-1888, désarmé le 13-9-1907 ; conçu
par Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816-85) et Gustave Zédé (1825-91, tué par une
explosion de poudre dans son laboratoire)] 31 tx, long. 17,20 m, diamètre
1,80 m, moteur 51 CV, vitesse 8 nouds en surface, 4,27 en immersion ; peut
demeurer 4 h en plongée avec 5 hommes."

Ernie Sjogren
Received on Sat 15 Jul 2000 - 06:10:49 IDT

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