Jump to content

Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb (Toulon, 5 July 1728 — La Seyne, 2 July 1803) was a French naval engineer.

Born to the Coulomb family of shipbuilders, Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb studied in Toulon and later in the shipbuilding school founded by Duhamel du Monceau. He built over 19 ships for the French Royal Navy, and was ennobled on 6 February 1779 for his services.

Achievements

[edit]

Notes and references

[edit]

Notes

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Trois-Ponts redevient Trois-Ponts! Archived 2013-06-26 at archive.today, Trois-Ponts (Three-deckers), Nicolas MIOQUE, 2 May 2012

Bibliography

[edit]
[edit]
  • Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb (1728-1803)
  • Solange Ami, Les maîtres constructeurs de la marine à Toulon au XVIIIe siècle, Mémoire en vue de la maîtrise d'histoire, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines de Nice, 1974.
  • Éric Rieth, Le « Livre de construction des vaisseaux » (1683) du maître charpentier toulonnais François Coulomb (1654-1717).
  • Archives Nationales, série C/7/74, dossiers Coulomb.