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Bronze medal from the Paris Mint (cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Minted in 1978.
Bronze medal from the Paris Mint (cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Minted in 1978.
Beautiful copy.
Engraver / Artist / Sculptor : Anie Bourroux.
Dimensions : 68mm.
Weight : 166 g.
Metal : bronze.
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : cornucopia + bronze + 1978.
Quick and neat delivery.
The stand is not for sale.
The support is not for sale.
Pierre dit Fernand Forest is a French inventor, born in Clermont-Ferrand on October 13, 18511 and died in La Condamine (Monaco) on April 12, 1914.
A propulsion specialist, he played an important role in the history of the automobile. He is notably considered one of the precursors of the internal combustion engine. Although he himself mainly experimented with his mechanical creations on boats, their applications concerned not only motor navigation, but also automobiles and aviation.
He is also the inventor of the wheel with tangent spokes, even if he was never able to benefit from this invention2. Son of Étienne-Félix Forest, a 23-year-old upholsterer, and Marguerite Lamur1, he became a worker in a cutlery factory in Thiers at a very young age. He later declared in an interview with the newspaper Lecture pour tous: “I did not hang out on the benches where we study […] At 14 and a half years old, I left primary school and joined a cutlery factory as an apprentice. in Thiers […] mechanics haunted my sleep.3 » A few months later, he began an apprenticeship in mechanics in Clermont-Ferrand.
In 1868, he was only 17 years old.
A propulsion specialist, he played an important role in the history of the automobile. He is notably considered one of the precursors of the internal combustion engine. Although he himself mainly experimented with his mechanical creations on boats, their applications concerned not only motor navigation, but also automobiles and aviation.
He is also the inventor of the wheel with tangent spokes, even if he was never able to benefit from this invention2. Son of Étienne-Félix Forest, a 23-year-old upholsterer, and Marguerite Lamur1, he became a worker in a cutlery factory in Thiers at a very young age. He later declared in an interview with the newspaper Lecture pour tous: “I did not hang out on the benches where we study […] At 14 and a half years old, I left primary school and joined a cutlery factory as an apprentice. in Thiers […] mechanics haunted my sleep.3 » A few months later, he began an apprenticeship in mechanics in Clermont-Ferrand.
In 1868, he was only 17 years old.