Gustave Eiffel Research Articles

A View of Design (and JMD): The French Perspective

A View of Design (and JMD): The French Perspective A quick glance on history of science and engineering shows that the creation and invention of technical products has held a great appeal in France. A tradition of inventiveness, engineering and entrepreneurship has developed over the past several centuries; some famous mechanical and industrial pioneers, for instance, Gustave Eiffel, Louis Renault, Andre Citroen, Andre Michelin, Marcel Schlumberger, Louis Bleriot, William LeBaron Jenney are alumni of the Ecole Centrale Paris. Technical realizations like the TGV train or Concorde airplane also illustrate this tradition of design. The French research in design is anchored in the mechanical discipline. In the late 1980's, a design community was progressively constituted through the desire to merge mechanics with computer science...

Gender and diversity in organizations: international perspectives

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report upon the “Diversity and equal opportunities” Special Interest Group of the Francophone Association of Research in Human Resource Management (AGRH), which held its first international conference on “Gender and diversity in organizations”, at the ESCPEAP European Management School in Paris in January 2009.Design/methodology/approachEqual opportunity and diversity management are relatively recent research fields in Continental Europe, and particularly in France, however there were 95 conference participants who attended two plenary sessions, four workshops and one round table.FindingsSub‐themes were: diversity management and gender equality; Work‐life practices and equality policies between women and men; gender stereotypes and management; and women's and men's careers. The workshops covered: diversity management and gender equity; work‐life practices; women and men's careers; and social representations and stereotypes.Originality/valueThis paper provides an informative overview of the conference which was original in being co‐sponsored by The Emilie du Chatelet Institute – the first research network for developing and publishing research on women, sex and gender in France. The co‐sponsor was the IAE Gustave Eiffel (Business studies department of the Paris 12 University).

Gustave Eiffel and his optimal structures

The eponymous tower, as noted by its chief architect Alexandre Gustave Eiffel himself, overshadows his other structural marvels. It is not just the beauty of the Tower that ought to impress an onlooker but also its optimality. Eiffel, as we explain in this article, excelled in using the material in the most optimal way in many of his structures that include more than 42 bridges and many buildings built in various parts of the world. We also draw an analogy between Nature’s designs and Eiffel’s designs in the way the material is arranged hierarchically with different shapes at different scales. We consider the Maria Pia Bridge and the Eiffel Tower to illustrate this point and highlight their optimal characteristics. We argue that the structural designs of Eiffel & Co. have an aesthetic appeal that emerges from the economic use of material with their roots in rigorous engineering principles.

Antiquities Belonging to the City of Paris

Previous articleNext article No AccessMuseum ReviewAntiquities Belonging to the City of Paris The Reinstallation of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. By Paulette Pelletier-Hornby.Beth CohenBeth Cohen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 112, Number 4October 2008 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3764/aja.112.4.755 Copyright © 2008 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The discovery of France: a historical geography from the Revolution to the First World War

While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language.Graham Robb describes that unknown world in arresting narrative detail. He recounts the epic journeys of mapmakers, scientists, soldiers, administrators, and intrepid tourists, of itinerant workers, pilgrims, and herdsmen with their millions of migratory domestic animals. We learn how France was explored, charted, and colonized, and how the imperial influence of Paris was gradually extended throughout a kingdom of isolated towns and villages.The Discovery of France explains how the modern nation came to be and how poorly understood that nation still is today. Above all, it shows how much of France-past and present-remains to be discovered.

Het Panama-schandaal (1889-1893). De staat, de straat en de boosdoeners

The bankruptcy of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama on the 4th of Februari 1889 was front-page news all over the civilised word. Some 80.000 shareholders were duped. The downfall of the enterpise that had failed to complete the canal across the Isthmus of Panama led to judicial inquiries and parliamentary investigations. An extensive criss-cross pattern of corruption was<br /> revealed. Leading journalists and politicians had been bribed by the company which was led by the aged Ferdinand the Lesseps - builder of the Suez Canal - and Gustave Eiffel - builder of the newly-opened Eiffel Tower - to present positive news about the progress of the project and to support laws that made it<br /> possible for the Compagnie Universelle to issue bond loans in combination with a lottery. The scandal gave birth to a vehement anti-Semitic campaign in 1892 which was aimed at two bankers who had acted as mediators: Baron de Reinach and Julius Herz. Hence the Panama scandal is often seen as a preliminary to the Dreyfus affair. In the article the scandal is seen in the light of anti-Semistism as a phenomena that is not specific to right-wing politicians and in the light of a political culture in which politics journalism and public opinion have a colour that is peculiar to the period under consideration.

Bücher: Gustave Eiffel: La Tour de 300 Mètres. By Bertrand Lemoine

BautechnikVolume 84, Issue 5 p. 359-359 Bücher Bücher: Gustave Eiffel: La Tour de 300 Mètres. By Bertrand Lemoine Frank G. Gerigk, Frank G. GerigkSearch for more papers by this author Frank G. Gerigk, Frank G. GerigkSearch for more papers by this author First published: 30 April 2007 https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.200790109AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume84, Issue5May 2007Pages 359-359 RelatedInformation

Proposal for an iron tower: 300 metres in height

In this previously untranslated text, Gustave Eiffel explains the technical rationale of his then controversial tower and argues persuasively for its practical uses and cultural value to Paris.

Audacious and Elegant 19th Century Porto Bridges

This paper, about the bridges built in Oporo during the 19th century, aims to pay a modest but justified tribute to 3 inspired engineers (Stanislas Bigot, Gustave Eiffel, and Thophile Seyrig) and their daring techniques and illustrious legacy. Let us hope that the scanty traces of their genius, excellence, and courageous efforts may serve as a stimulus to all those who are encouraged to foster such a noble art. For 115 years, Maria Pia Bridge, spanning the River Douro, provided a rail link between Oporto and Gaia, thus making a direct link possible between Oporto and Lisbon. It was an extremely daring bridge for its time; its arch had the greatest span in the world. In 1990, the American Society for Civil Engineers awarded it the International Prize for civil engineering works based upon of its unusual style. Lus I Bridge, built a few meters from the site of the old Suspension Bridge, comprises 2 decks supported by a large iron arch and 5 pillars. The arch is formed by 2 divergent parabolic curves, with a chord of 172 m and a rise of about 44.6 m. It still holds the record for the world's largest iron arch.

Plant biotechnologies for the production of active compounds by cell cultures and whole plants: [formula omitted] (Centre de Recherche Nestlé - 101 avenue Gustave Eiffel - 37390 Notre Dame d'Oé - France)

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L'Entreprise Eiffel

Abstract Gustave Eiffel, the « iron wizard », is an exemplary case of entrepreneurial success. A graduate of the French Ecole Centrale, he was responsible for the engineering work on the Bordeaux bridge. Setting up his own firm, initially in partnership with Seyrig, he scored outstanding successes in foreign markets — the Maria Pia bridge over the Douro, the Budapest railway station — , while staking out early on strong positions in Indochina. Stealing a march on the larger, leading firms of the time, he secured on the home front contracts for schemes of major importance — the Garabit viaduct, the Nice Grand Equatorial observation cupola, the Eiffel Tower — , a helpful factor in this respect being the support he could enlist among his connections in masonic circles. Implicated in the Panama scandal, he retired from business involvements, and his final years were devoted to work on meteorology, wireless telegraphy and aerodynamics.

Introduction: Seeing the Past

In the forum that follows, we may feel disconcerted while moving from article to article and site to site-after all, what could a wax figure of Gustave Eiffel, bullet holes in a church wall, or a museum logo of a poppy have in common? In the first piece, Vanessa Schwartz takes us on a visit to the Musee Gre'vin of late nineteenth-century Paris, where she offers us a view of the uncanny wax figures and of the entrepreneurs behind the scenes. Moving to post-World War II France, Sarah Farmer guides us through the preserved ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane, where inJune 1944 the Nazis brutally killed 642 inhabitants and subsequently burned the town to the ground. Finally, Daniel Sherman presents us with the opportunity to study the workings of three French war museums-all built in the last thirty years, and each dedicated to one of the two world wars. The incongruities among these articles are readily apparent: the enclosed museums juxtaposed with an open-air memorial; the former seemingly artificially constituted, the latter meant to remain just as it was left. We might be led to ponder how the tragic features of the Oradour ruins relate to the entertaining aspects of the Musee Gre'vin. Moving from article to article we also sense shifts in emphasis between current and historical events: Schwartz highlights the Musee Grevin's fascination with the present, whereas Farmer and Sherman pose questions about the function of memory. Furthermore, these accounts feature a broad range of organizers and people who have enthusiastically promoted these projects. In Schwartz's article there are the businessmen, who promoted contemporary Parisian life, democracy, and their pocketbooks; in Farmer's the survivors

Review: Gustave Eiffel by Bertrand Lemoine; Le fer à Paris: Architectures by Bernard Marrey

Book Review| March 01 1991 Review: Gustave Eiffel by Bertrand Lemoine; Le fer à Paris: Architectures by Bernard Marrey Gustave EiffelBertrand Lemoine Le fer à Paris: ArchitecturesBernard Marrey J. François Gabriel J. François Gabriel Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (1991) 50 (1): 83–84. https://doi.org/10.2307/990554 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation J. François Gabriel; Review: Gustave Eiffel by Bertrand Lemoine; Le fer à Paris: Architectures by Bernard Marrey. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 1991; 50 (1): 83–84. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/990554 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1991 The Society of Architectural Historians Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Gustave Eiffel - pioneer of experimental aerodynamics

Travellers flying into Paris would not connect the famous 100-year-old landmark, the Eiffel Tower, an immense and complex structure of open ironwork, 300 m high, with the aerodynamics of their streamlined modern aeroplane. The unexpected association between the two is Gustave Eiffel — ‘le magicién de fer’ — builder of the Tower in 1889, who pioneered much of the experimental research needed by the designers of the first aeroplanes, in the period from 1903, when he was in his ‘70s, until the time of his death aged 90 in 1923.Post-Second World War generations of aerodynamicists are also probably unaware that Eiffel was the source of many of the basic results they use, since no modern textbooks refer to his researches of 70 years ago; yet nearly half of his obituary notice in the Times of 29 December 1923, headed ‘M. Eiffel — A Great Engineer’ referred to his aeronautical research using his Tower and his wind-tunnels. In order to appreciate how Eiffel came to embark on his new activities at such a late age we must look briefly at his first career, which established him as one of the most distinguished structural engineers of the 19th century, and the political scandal which brought it to an end.

Review: Gustave Eiffel by Henri Loyrette; L'Architecture du fer: France, XIXe siècle by Bertrand Lemoine

Book Review| December 01 1987 Review: Gustave Eiffel by Henri Loyrette; L'Architecture du fer: France, XIXe siècle by Bertrand Lemoine Gustave EiffelHenri Loyrette L'Architecture du fer: France, XIXe siècleBertrand Lemoine J. François Gabriel J. François Gabriel Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (1987) 46 (4): 419–420. https://doi.org/10.2307/990285 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation J. François Gabriel; Review: Gustave Eiffel by Henri Loyrette; L'Architecture du fer: France, XIXe siècle by Bertrand Lemoine. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 December 1987; 46 (4): 419–420. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/990285 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1987 The Society of Architectural Historians Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Closure to “ Gustave Eiffel: A Biographical Sketch ” by John S. Ellis (June, 1986, Vol. 112, No. 6)

Closure to “ <i>Gustave Eiffel: A Biographical Sketch</i> ” by John S. Ellis (June, 1986, Vol. 112, No. 6)

Discussion of “ Gustave Eiffel: A Biographical Sketch ” by John S. Ellis (June, 1986, Vol. 112, No. 6)

Discussion of “ <i>Gustave Eiffel: A Biographical Sketch</i> ” by John S. Ellis (June, 1986, Vol. 112, No. 6)

Gustave Eiffel: A Biographical Sketch

The family background and education of Gustave Eiffel are out‐lined. Emphasis is placed on the nature of his engineering courses. His early work on the Bordeaux Bridge is the start of an extraordinary career as a structural engineer. The Panama Affair is discussed and then Eiffel's second great career as an aeronautical scientist is mentioned. It evolved from his wish to use the tower, and proved very timely due to the birth of the aeroplane with its need for an understanding of aeronautics. The question of the significance of Eiffel to himself, his contemporaries, and us is also addressed.

The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering

What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to this book, now in its first paperback edition, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting form distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by a number of stunning illustrations, David Billington discusses leading structural engineer-artists, such as John A. Roebling, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, and Robert Maillart.

Review: The Tallest Tower, Gustave Eiffel and the Belle Epoque by Joseph Harriss; The Statue of Liberty by Marvin Trachtenberg

Review: The Tallest Tower, Gustave Eiffel and the Belle Epoque by Joseph Harriss; The Statue of Liberty by Marvin Trachtenberg