Clement Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin ( Fr. Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin ; March 4, 1811 , Chat (France) - May 12, 1855 , Chevrier ) - famous French engineer - hydrograph of the French Navy . Member of the French Academy of Sciences . A member of the world expedition, J. Dumont-Durville , during which he conducted the first calculation of the magnetic inclination and localized the South Magnetic Pole (January 23, 1838) and created the first map of Adelie's Earth (1840).
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| Place of Birth | Chat (France) |
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| Place of death | Chevrier |
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| Occupation | cartography |
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Biography
He studied at the Polytechnic School in Paris. Carried out the mapping of the western shores of France.
In 1837, he participated in the round -the- world expedition of J. Dumont-Durville . Performing hydrographic work in many places visited by this expedition, significantly improved the techniques of shooting the coast from the sea, when for some reason it is not possible to do this work on the coast. The method of marine photography, preferred by him, was used for a long time everywhere when coastal surveying was impossible. For the first time this method is described by the author in one of the volumes of the description of “Voyage au pôle Sud” Dumont-Durville, entitled: “Hydrographie”.
Of the later works of K. Winsendon-Dumoulin, especially remarkable for its accuracy is a survey of the Strait of Gibraltar from the sea. It represents the best proof of the perfection of the method of C. Winsendon-Dumoulin
His name is mentioned several times in J. Verne ’s novel “ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ” in the 20th chapter of the Torres Strait , where Captain Nemo says:
In front of me was an excellent map of the Torres Strait, compiled by engineer-hydrograph Vincendan Dumoulin and a midshipman - later admiral - Kupwan Debua, who was at Dumont-Durville headquarters during his last round-the-world voyage. This map, like the map compiled by Captain King, are the best maps of the Torres Strait, bringing clarity to the confusion of this reef maze. I studied them with the greatest attention.
Awards
- Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor
- Officer of the Order of the Tower and the Sword ( Portugal )
- Cavalier of the Order of the Saints of Mauritius and Lazarus ( Sardinia )
- Order of the Oak Crown ( Luxembourg )
- Commander of the Order of Danebrog
Memory
- In 1994, the post of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories issued a series of stamps dedicated to C. Winsendon-Dumulen.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 10185918X // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- L Léonore - ministère de la Culture database .
Links
- Dumulen, hydrograph // Encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Clément-Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (Fr.)
- Clément-Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (1811-1858) (Fr.)