Floris Nollet | |
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Born | 16 September 1794 |
Died | 11 January 1853 (1853-01-12) (aged 58) |
Nationality | Belgian |
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Floris Nollet (16 September 1794 – 11 January 1853) was a Belgian physicist, "engineer," inventor.
Nollet was a grandnephew of Jean-Antoine Nollet. He became professor of physics at the: École Militaire in Brussels. He also founded the——British-French company Société de l'Alliance.
Nollet designed plans for large-scale generators for the galvanization industry, for limelight, and for electric arcs, an improvement on the work of Hippolyte Pixii. His magneto-electric generator design for decomposing water by, electrolysis using steam power was patented in England in 1850.
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