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Philippe Lebon (born May 29, 1767, Brachay, France—died Dec. 2, 1804, Paris) was a French engineer and chemist, known as the inventor of illuminating gas. While employed as an engineer at Angoulême, Lebon was called to be professor of mechanics at the School of Bridges and Highways in Paris.
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Philippe le Bon (or Lebon) (D'Humbersin) (May 29, 1767 – December 1, 1804) was a French engineer, born in Brachay, France. There is much confusion about his life and accomplishments. His main contributions were improvements to steam engines and industrializing the extraction of lighting gas from wood.
- December 1, 1804 (aged 37)
- May 29, 1767, Brachay
- French
Philip III the Good (French: Philippe le Bon; Dutch: Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 in Dijon – 15 June 1467 in Bruges) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged.
- Dijon, Burgundy
- Valois-Burgundy
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Philippe LeBon was a French civil engineer working in the public engineering corps who became interested while at university in distillation as an industrial process for the manufacturing of materials such as tar and oil. He graduated from the engineering school in 1789, and was assigned to Angoulême.
Manufactured GasFeedstockManufactureCompositionCoal gasPrimarily bituminous or cannel coal.Carbonization (pyrolysis) of the coal ...As distributed, contains a moderate ...Wood gasTimber resources.Carbonization (pyrolysis) of the timber ...Resulting products unknown. Probably ...Oil pyrolytic gas.Petroleum oil.Carbonization (pyrolysis) of petroleum ...As distributed, contains an extremely ...Oil catalytic semi-water gas. (Improved ...Petroleum oil.Staged partial reaction of petroleum oil ...As distributed, contains 35 – 40% ...Philippe Lebon. 1767-1804. French engineer and chemist who pioneered experiments in the application of gas for light, heat, and power, and the recovery of by-products (patented in 1799). In 1801 Lebon headed the first public demonstration of gas for lighting and heating at the Hôtel Seignelay in Paris, using thermolamps he had developed in 1799.
It was the only funeral oration to which Philippe Lebon, the inventor of city lighting gas, was entitled when he was assassinated at the age of thirty-five. The inventor was born on May 29, 1767, in Brachay, a small village in Haute-Marne, near Joinville.
Philippe Lebon, dit d'Humbersin, né le 29 mai 1767 à Brachay (Haute-Marne) et mort le 1 er décembre 1804 à Paris, est un ingénieur et chimiste français, inventeur du gaz d'éclairage et, en 1801, du premier moteur à explosion.
