Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Philippe Gengembre, born at Houdain (Pas-d'Calés) on 22 March 1764, died in Indret in Loire-Inferieure on 19 January 1838, was a French chemist and inventor, Inspector General of Coins (inspécteu général des Monnaies), then director and founder of the Manufacture roéyale des machines à vapeur (Royal Manufacture of Steam Engines) at Indret, near Nantes.
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