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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | He is accepted in the competitive examination of the Naval Academy . Resigned from the Ecole Navale , will join Polytechnique . | ref:673 | |
| 11.1835 | Appointed Elève de Polytechnique | ref:673 | |
| 13.11.1837 | Appointed Elève du Génie Maritime at Lorient | ref:673 | |
| 9.11.1839 | Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Troisième Classe de la Marine | ref:673 | |
| 16.11.1841 | Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Seconde et de Première Classe de la Marine at Toulon same day ? | ref:673 | |
| 1842 | He stays in England , visits the London and Liverpool shipyards to study the construction of iron ships . | ref:673 | |
| 1843 | He writes a Memoir on the construction of iron vessels , a plea in favor of metal constructions . | ref:673 | |
| 1845 | Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur | ref:673 | |
| 1845 | That year he proposed the construction of a propeller , iron and armored frigate . The project is rejected . | ref:673 | |
| 1847 | 1848 | Responsible for specializing the new workshops at Mourillon in Toulon , he prepared plans for several units , which would mark a date in the development of naval equipment .The "Caton" , with propeller , the "Narval" , with wheels , were then built , the first iron building of the Navy .In 1848 , he submits to the Works Council a project for a large mixed vessel , propeller , rapid , 90 guns , which results in the construction of the "Napoleon" launched in 1850 .Vessel that reaches a speed of 13, 86 knots , and which is used during the Crimean War .He also worked for the merchant navy and built liners for the Imperial Messaging Company . | ref:673 |
| 1852 | Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Première Classe | ref:673 | |
| 1853 | Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur | ref:673 | |
| 1853 | He transformed the sailing vessel Eylau into steam , lengthening it by one slice to accommodate a 900 horsepower machine .The experiment is applied to a dozen ships . | ref:673 | |
| 1855 | He receives a medal of honor at the Universal Exhibition in Paris . | ref:673 | |
| 1.1857 | Appointed Directeur des Constructions Navales at Paris He participated with Jurien de La Gravière in the Commission on the transformation of the fleet which led to the naval planning law of 1857 . | ref:673 | |
| 1.1857 | Appointed Directeur du Matériel at Paris | ref:673 | |
| aft.1.1857 | 1869 | He drew up almost all the plans for the vessels built , in particular the armored ships "Magenta" and "Solferino" , the second-generation "Flandre" Class frigates , the third-generation "Ocean" Class frigates , and the fourth-generation "Colbert" Class frigates .Also the corvettes of the "Belliqueuse" and "Alma" Class , the coastguards of the "Taureau" and "Bélier" Class . | ref:1258 |
| 1858 | Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur | ref:673 | |
| 1858 | 1859 | He imagines protecting the hulls of ships with a metal breastplate .He made the "Gloire" , the first armored ship , then the "Invincible" and the "Normandie" , which gave the French fleet an undeniable technical advance . | ref:673 |
| 1860 | He was appointed Vice-President of Imperial Messageries and of forges and shipyards in the Mediterranean .In particular , he created the Marseille maritime transport fleet , the Algerian ore carriers , the France liner which opened the era of ships exceeding 130 meters . | ref:673 | |
| bef.1.1.1860 | Appointed Directeur du Matériel at Paris | ref:673 | |
| 1861 | Appointed Conseiller d'Etat | ref:673 | |
| 1863 | Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur | ref:673 | |
| bef.1863 | From that year on, he became interested in the submarine tests carried out by Bourgeois and Brun . | ref:673 | |
| 1866 | Appointed Membre de l'Académie des Sciences , Section de Géographie et de Navigation | ref:673 | |
| 1867 | He perfected motor devices and introduced compound machines (Engine composed of a succession of cylinders in stages in order to expand the vapors from high pressures to low pressures) . | ref:673 | |
| 10.6.1869 | Retired | ref:673 | |
| 1870 | Appointed Membre du Comité de Défense He is interested in the first airship projects . | ref:673 | |
| 1877 | 1.2.1885 | Appointed Sénateur as Irremovable Senator . | ref:673 |
He imagined the first battleship , the armored train , the naval gun mounted on wagons , the artillery turret , carried out the first studies on submarines , the first type of aerostat , propeller airship .