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Pierre-Louis-Adrien de Montgolfier-Verpilleux (6 November 1831 - 23 January 1913) was a French engineer who became a representative of the Loire in the National Assembly, and then a senator. He was responsible for various hydraulic works in the Loire department. In the last half of his life he was responsible for a major iron and steel company, making heavy armaments and railway tracks. ==Early years== Pierre-Louis-Adrien Montgolfier-Verpilleux was born in Beaujeu, Rhône on 6 November 1831. He was grand-nephew of Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, the inventor of balloons. He married the daughter of the engineer Claude Verpilleux, adding her name to his. In 1851 he entered the École Polytechnique, and in 1853 the school of roads and bridges. He became a 3rd class engineer in 1856. In 1856 he was appointed engineer to the department of the Loire with responsibility for building flood-control dams in the valleys of the Furens and Gien rivers. On 10 November 1858 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jean Claude Verpilleux, at Rive-de-Gier. In 1859 he was appointed a 2nd class engineer. Montgolfier lived at Saint-Étienne from 1861, and became director-general of the Saint Chamond ''Société des forges''. At these two towns he undertook important hydraulic works. He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1865. On 5 January 1870 he became a 1st class engineer. Montgolfier directed construction of the Saint-Chamond dam, which was inaugurated in 1870. When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, Montgolfier was named commander of the 3rd mobile battalion of the Loire. In this position he took part of the defense of Besançon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre de Montgolfier-Verpilleux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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