Louis Vicat
Engineer, Inventor
1786 – 1861
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Who was Louis Vicat?
He graduated from École Polytechnique 1804 and École des Ponts et Chaussées 1806.
Vicat studied setting of mortars. The material was popular but was superseded by Portland cement. He also invented the Vicat needle that is still in use for determination of setting time of concretes and cements. His son, Joseph Vicat, founded Vicat Cement, which is today a large international cement manufacturing company.
Member of the French Academy of Sciences, his name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1786
Nevers - Also known as
- Louis-Joseph Vicat
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École Polytechnique
( - 1804) - École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
( - 1806)
- École Polytechnique
- Died
- Apr 10, 1861
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on July 23, 2013
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