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Jean-François Cail (8 February 1804 – 22 May 1871) [1] was a French entrepreneur and industrialist who was a key figure in French industrialization.
Jean-François Cail est un entrepreneur industriel, constructeur mécanicien français, né le 8 février 1804 à Chef-Boutonne (Deux-Sèvres) et mort le 22 mai 1871 au domaine des Plants (ou Plans) à La Faye en Charente.
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Jean-François Cail is one of the 72 scientists whose name is inscribed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. It is the 14th, on the face facing east. Jean-François Cail, an industrialist, was born at Chef-Boutonne (Deux-Sèvres), on 2 February 1804.
Jean-François Cail was a French engineer and industrialist. Born into a poor family, he faced financial difficulties and was dismissed from school at the age of nine. In 1818, with only six francs in his pocket, he embarked on a five-year journey across the country until he reached Paris in 1824.
par J.F. Cail en 1861 pour le service du chemin de fer du Nord et d'après les dessins de M. l'ingénieur en chef J. Petiet Ingénierie: roues motrices d'une locomotive ferroviaire et section de piston.
May 6, 2020 · Jean-François Cail’s strategy was to master a new technology that would become an engine for technological change and then use this knowledge to dominate a growing, new industry.
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Jan 18, 2019 · Abstract. This article examines the transnational operations of the French firm Derosne & Cail, one of the most innovative engineering companies in the mid-nineteenth century. It would become the leading European firm supplying advanced steam-powered technologies and equipment to the international sugar industry.
