Charles Tellier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Tellier

French engineer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1828

Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1913

Profession: businessperson, engineer, inventor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Charles Tellier

  • Charles Tellier (29 June 1828 – 19 October 1913) was a French engineer, born in Amiens.
  • He early made a study of motors and compressed air.
  • In 1868, he began experiments in refrigeration, which resulted ultimately in the refrigerating plant, as used on ocean vessels, to preserve meats and other perishable food.
  • In 1911, Tellier was awarded the Joest prize by the French Institute and, in 1912, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
  • He wrote Histoire d'une invention moderne, le frigorifique (1910).
  • Tellier died impoverished in Paris.
  • Dimethyl ether was the first refrigerant, in 1876, Charles Tellier bought the ex-Elder-Dempster a 690 tons cargo ship Eboe and fitted a Methyl-ether refrigerating plant of his design.
  • The ship was renamed Le Frigorifique and successfully imported a cargo of refrigerated meat from Argentina.
  • However the machinery could be improved and in 1877 another refrigerated ship called Paraguay with a refrigerating plant improved by Ferdinand Carré was put into service on the South American run.

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