Ernest Pétin
Ernest Pétin was an aero inventor filing patents from 34, rue de la République, Paris.[1] He designed an 'aerostatic locomotive' which drew interest in Paris around 1850. He moved to the US in 1852, did a major experiment near New Orleans, and then returned to France in 1853.[2]
Historian Patrick De Oliveira has describes Pétin's design and vision as associated with utopian socialist visions of the 1848 movements.[3]
De Oliveira characterizes Pétin's best-known design thus: 4 30-meter-wide balloons would lift a giant frame with fixed wings and propellers. It was imagined to go 200 km/hour. It was incorporated into an international, globalist vision of easy travel across borders. De Oliveira cites Meunier as a thinker on this point. Petin ended destitute, in the care of his brother who forbade him from doing ballooning.[3]
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Ernest Pétin or Ernest Petin or Petin
- Patent FR-1848-7350 (English title: System of aerial navigation putting into practice Pétin's dirigible train, making it more stable, and serving in all transport of persons and goods, Filing date: 1848-05-13)
Publications by or about Ernest Pétin or Ernest Petin or Petin
- Reverchon, 1849, Rapport sur un nouveau système de direction aérienne (système Pétin) (Simple title: Report on a new air management system (Petin system))
- Gautirb, 1850, Nouveau système direction aérienne (système Pétin) (Simple title: New air direction system (Petin system), Journal: La Presse)
- Pétin, 1850, Luchtvaart-Stelsel van den Heer Petin. Heer Poitevin stijgt te paard met eene Luchtballon op (Simple title: Aviation System of Mr. Petin. Lord Poitevin takes off on horseback with a balloon)
- Chabannes, 1851, Navigation aérienne. Notice explicative du système Petin (Simple title: Air Navigation. Petin System Information Folder)
- Villeneuve, 1878, Ernest Pétin (Simple title: Ernest Pétin, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
References
- ↑ INPI.fr: http://bases-brevets19e.inpi.fr/Thot/FrmLotDocFrame.asp?idlot=331964&idfic=0122689&resX=1440&resY=900&init=1&visionneuseHTML5=0
- ↑ w:Ernest Pétin
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 U of Texas-Arlington presentations on April 15, 2021, https://uta.edu/history/research/webb-lecture-series/current-webb-lectures.php
Names | Ernest Pétin |
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Birth date | 1812 |
Death date | 1878 |
Countries | FR, US |
Locations | Paris; New Orleans |
Occupations | engineer, balloonist |
Tech areas | LTA |
Affiliations | |
Wikidata id | Q19904095 |