This building is an excellent example of the Art Deco style on the island.
4.8.4 Influences françaises dans les architectures étrangères/4.8.4.3 Amérique du sud/x----Porto Rico
Newport Transporter Bridge—an historical perspective (Ferdinand Arnodin)
Exactly 100 years ago French suspension bridge expert Ferdinand Arnodin was commissioned to design the Newport Transporter Bridge in south Wales
Régine, Whose Discotheque Gave Nightlife a New Dawn, Dies at 92
And so began Chez Régine, widely regarded as the world’s first discotheque
Improving traffic behaviour and safety through urban design (Eugene Henard)
He is credited with the invention of the traffic roundabout in 1877
Alcide d’Orbigny and American micropaleontology
Les Américains reconnaissent maintenant d’Orbigny comme « le père de la micropaléontologie »
Top 10 most prestigious races in the world
This is, in my honest opinion, the most prestigious race in the world.
François Hennebique | The National Inventors Hall of Fame
He patented his revolutionary reinforced-concrete construction system in 1892.
Pierre-Émile Martin French engineer | Encyclopeadia Britannica
Ingénieur français qui a inventé le procédé Siemens-Martin, qui a produit la majeure partie de l'acier du monde jusqu'à l'arrivée des procédés à l'oxygène
Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan (Aqua-lung)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invented a system that would revolutionize the world of deep-sea exploration
Louis Marius Moyroud | The National Inventors Hall of Fame
One of two major innovations created in type composition since Gutenberg’s invention of movable type
The Houdry Process | American Chemical Society
Pioneered by Eugene Jules Houdry (1892-1962), the catalytic cracking of petroleum revolutionized the industry.
Programming patterns: the story of the Jacquard loom | The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester
Découvrez comment le métier Jacquard a à la fois révolutionné la production de tissus à motifs et inspiré le développement des débuts de l'informatique.
Benoît Fourneyron French inventor | Encyclopeadia Britannica
Fourneyron’s turbine achieved immediate international success, powering industry in continental Europe and in the United States
Willard InterContinental Washington
1901 - The Willard is torn down to make way for the new Willard, a Beaux-Arts style structure that currently remains today.
Cannon House Office Building | aoc.gov
A significant example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture.
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