Auguste (Augustin) Mushot (fr. Augustin Mouchot , 1825-1911) - French inventor who gained fame for his work on engines running on converted solar energy . One of the first to create a device that converts solar energy into mechanical energy.
| Auguste Musho | ||
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| fr. Augustin mouchot | ||
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| Date of Birth | April 7, 1825 | |
| Place of Birth | Semur en Osua , Cote D'Or , Burgundy , France | |
| Date of death | October 4, 1911 (86 years old) | |
| A place of death | Paris , France | |
| Citizenship |  France | |
| Occupation | inventor | |
| Awards and prizes | ||
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The early years
Musho was born in Semur-en-Osois , in France , on April 7, 1825. He began his career as a teacher of mathematics for elementary grades in the schools of Morvan (1845-1849), and later Dijon . In 1852 he received a degree in mathematics, and in 1853 - a bachelor's degree in physics . After that, he taught mathematics in the middle grades of schools in Alencon (1853–1862), Rennes and at the Tours Lyceum (1864–1871). It was at this time that he began to study solar energy and achieved the full financing of his projects by the French government.
Solar Energy
Musho has always been attracted to the idea of creating machines operating on a new type of energy. He was convinced that the coal that made the industrial revolution possible would be consumed over time. His attention to solar energy was attracted by the work of Claude Poulier and Horace Saussure , whose solar furnace was the first object of the Musho experiments that took place in 1860 [1] .
In 1866, Musho created the first parabolic solar collector . In 1869 he realized the idea of a solar steam engine . In 1875, Auguste introduced the machine at the French Academy of Sciences , which on a clear day produced about 2.3 liters of steam per second.
Paris World Exhibition
In 1878, the Musho solar machine won a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition. The principle of operation of the device was as follows: with the help of concave mirrors , the sun's rays were focused on the boiler, and the steam generated as a result of heating launched a printing press , which printed up to 500 newspaper sheets per hour [2] . The second invention demonstrated by Musho at the Paris exhibition was a freezer driven by solar energy - thus, the public was presented with the conversion of water into ice using heat from the Sun [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Gordon, Jeffrey, Solar energy, International Solar Energy Society, p. 598 ISBN 978-1-902916-23-1
- ↑ Volodimir Tonkogolosyuk. Renewable energy sources (inaccessible link) . Center for Energy Studies (04/18/2014). Date of treatment August 6, 2014. Archived on September 2, 2014.
- ↑ Stephen Klassen. The Soul of Solar Energy: Augustin Mouchot Neopr . European Commission's Storytelling Teaching Model . Date of treatment 2014-11 = 09.
Links
- Earth Portal Archives: Energy Quotes
- Musho Pump