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    miniaturization. Gustave Trouvé was born on 2 January 1839 in La Haye-Descartes (Indre-et-Loire, France) into a modest family. His father, Jacques Trouvé, was a...
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  • Trouvé is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aurélie Trouvé (born 1979), French politician Gustave Trouvé (1839–1902), French...
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  • skin diseases using UV light. In 1900, the French electrical engineer Gustave Trouvé miniaturized Finsen's machine with a series of portable light radiators...
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    tested along a Paris street in April 1881 by French inventor Gustave Trouvé. In 1880 Trouvé improved the efficiency of a small electric motor developed...
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    when gasoline-powered outboard motors became the dominant method. Gustave Trouvé, a French electrical engineer, patented a small electric motor in 1880...
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  • ornithopter by Gustave Trouvé in 1870 First manned balloon mail during the Siege of Paris (1871) First outboard motorboat by Gustave Trouvé around 1870,...
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    following experimental electric cars appeared during the 1880s: In 1881, Gustave Trouvé presented an electric car driven by an improved Siemens motor at the...
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    gas was introduced circa 1894 and bicycle lamps from 1896. In France, Gustave Trouvé, a Parisian electrical engineer, also made domestic acetylene lamps...
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    served as the basis for a commercial toy offered by Pichancourt c. 1889. Gustave Trouvé was the first to use internal combustion, and his 1890 model flew a...
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    blue/grey waterproof oilskins In 1900, French electrical engineer, Gustave Trouvé, patented a battery-powered wearable lifejacket. It incorporated small...
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