Abstract
Gustave Eiffel's Laboratoire d'Aérodynamique was inaugurated in 1912 in Auteuil, not far from the Eiffel Tower, where he had earlier begun meteorological and aerodynamic research. Eiffel obtained data by means of accurate models tested in large wind tunnels (souffleries) with fans driven by electric motors. Eiffel tested the models without charge for the benefit of the science of aeronautics. Eiffel retired in 1921, but the work of the laboratory continued. It is still in operation, although aeronautical research is no longer carried out. The key source of information for this paper has been Eiffel's two-volume publication Nouvelles recherches sur la résistance de l'air et l'aviation faites au Laboratoire d'Auteuil (New research in air resistance and aviation conducted at the laboratory at Auteuil), Paris, 1914. Eiffel's other two books on aerodynamics are accessible on line – Recherches expérimentales sur la résistance de l'air executées à la tour Eiffel (Experimental research on the resistance of air carried out at the Eiffel Tower), Paris, 1907 and La résistance de l'air et de l'aviation. Expériences effectuées au laboratoire du Champ-de-Mars (The resistance of air and aviation, tests carried out at the Champ-de-Mars laboratory), Paris, 1910. Eiffel donated his laboratory to the state in 1921.
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