Engineering:Pierre-François-Victor Foucault
Pierre-François-Victor Foucault (1797–1871) was the inventor in 1843 of the first printing machine for braille, the decapoint.
Life
A pupil of the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, Foucault married Thérèse-Adèle Husson, a blind author, in 1826.[1] This marriage gave birth to two daughters. After his wife's death in 1831, following a fire, he married a seamstress (non blind) in 1832, Adélaïde Louise Juteau.[2] This allowed him to become a resident of the Quinze-Vingts (marriages between blind people were prohibited), which gave him the financial possibility to collaborate with Louis Braille.
The raphigraphe
His invention was awarded a platinum medal by the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, then he showed it at The Great Exhibition (1851) in London.[3]
References
- ↑ Weygand, Zina (2015-07-08). Religion et enfermements : XVIIe-XXe siècles. Histoire. Presses universitaires de Rennes. pp. 203–215. ISBN 9782753532298. http://books.openedition.org/pur/20401. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ "État civil reconstitué de la ville de Paris". p. 43. http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTctMTAtMzAiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NTtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6NTI0NjE7czoxNjoidmlzaW9ubmV1c2VfaHRtbCI7YjoxO3M6MjE6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWxfbW9kZSI7czo0OiJwcm9kIjt9#uielem_move=257.183349609375,76&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=56&uielem_brightness=0&uielem_contrast=0&uielem_isinverted=0&uielem_rotate=F. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ Mellor, C. Michael (2006) (in en). Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius. National Braille Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780939173709. https://archive.org/details/louisbrailletouc0000mell. Retrieved 27 September 2018. "Pierre-François-Victor foucault."
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