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Born 25 October 1801 in Bordeaux, the son of Luc Tobie Clarke and Anne Jeanne Clarke. Died 26 June 1848 in Paris.<ref>[https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=jean+georges+luc&n=clarke] Geneanet.org - Jean Georges Luc CLARKE</ref> | |||
Author of 'Rapport au Conseil d'administration du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans sur sa Mission en Angleterre et Belgique (December 1838)'<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zPTetf-fb54C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=%22roberts+%C3%A0+manchester%22+machine&source=bl&ots=iaP8m4Q-D9&sig=ACfU3U0fD6Jvu7S1PP_fpqG5VGi5lq1l7A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX_oHL8_HvAhWJunEKHQ6cCQgQ6AEwAHoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=%22roberts%20%C3%A0%20manchester%22%20machine&f=false] Rapport au Conseil d'administration du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans sur sa Mission en Angleterre et Belgique (December 1838)</ref>. This is an account of his mission in connection with the construction of the [[Paris and Orleans Railway]], including the purchase of locomotives and machine tools. He visited the main railway centres and locomotive manufacturers in England, and studied methods of working, including signalling, ticketing, luggage handling, track, sleepers, fuel, etc. | Author of 'Rapport au Conseil d'administration du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans sur sa Mission en Angleterre et Belgique (December 1838)'<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zPTetf-fb54C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=%22roberts+%C3%A0+manchester%22+machine&source=bl&ots=iaP8m4Q-D9&sig=ACfU3U0fD6Jvu7S1PP_fpqG5VGi5lq1l7A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX_oHL8_HvAhWJunEKHQ6cCQgQ6AEwAHoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=%22roberts%20%C3%A0%20manchester%22%20machine&f=false] Rapport au Conseil d'administration du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans sur sa Mission en Angleterre et Belgique (December 1838)</ref>. This is an account of his mission in connection with the construction of the [[Paris and Orleans Railway]], including the purchase of locomotives and machine tools. He visited the main railway centres and locomotive manufacturers in England, and studied methods of working, including signalling, ticketing, luggage handling, track, sleepers, fuel, etc. | ||
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of France
Born 25 October 1801 in Bordeaux, the son of Luc Tobie Clarke and Anne Jeanne Clarke. Died 26 June 1848 in Paris.[1]
Author of 'Rapport au Conseil d'administration du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans sur sa Mission en Angleterre et Belgique (December 1838)'[2]. This is an account of his mission in connection with the construction of the Paris and Orleans Railway, including the purchase of locomotives and machine tools. He visited the main railway centres and locomotive manufacturers in England, and studied methods of working, including signalling, ticketing, luggage handling, track, sleepers, fuel, etc.
Small numbers of locomotives and machine tools were purchased. Five machine tools were bought from Sharp, Roberts and Co (a slotting machine, radial arm drilling machine, small hand planer, machine for boring bearings, a machine called a tour sphérique, but the desciption refers to a machine for cutting the flanks of nuts); a lathe and a planing machine from Whitworth, two lathes from Hetherington, a lathe from Fox of Derby, and a planing machine from William Collier and Co. The total cost of the machine tools was £2607.