The Renard and Krebs' LA FRANCE dirigible, on the August 9 of 1884, the day when Krebs piloted the first fully controllable free-flight The Gymnote submarine in 1888. Arthur Krebs holds the airing mast. The periscope is visible Electromagnetic gearbox from Krebs' car patent of 1896 The 1902 Krebs' first automatic diaphragm carburettor The four wheel drive and four wheel steering Chatillon-Panhard military truck during the World War I Arthur Constantin Krebs (November 16, 1850 in Vesoul, France – March 22, 1935 in Quimperlé, France) was a French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering. For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
A Panhard-Levassor was the first automobile to be introduced in Japan, in 1898 A 1920s Panhard A VBL of the French Army Panhard, originally Panhard et Levassor, is a French automobile manufacturer. ...
1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
A gear coupling is a mechanical device for transmitting torque between two shafts that are not coaxial. ...
November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Vesoul is a French city and commune located in the Haute-Saône département. ...
March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
Quimperlé is a commune in the French département of Finistère. ...
Collaborating with Charles Renard, he piloted the first fully controlled free-flight made in the French Army airship La France, which was designed in 1884. The electric-powered flight covered 8 km (5 miles) in 23 minutes. It was the first full round trip flight with a landing on the starting point. On its seven flights the La France dirigible returned five times to its starting point. Charles Renard (1847-1905), French military engineer, started to work after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 on the design of air ships at the French army aeronautical department. ...
// 1800s 1803 July 18, Etienne Gaspar Robertson and Lhoest climb from Hamburg (Germany) up to 7,280 m in a balloon. ...
USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...
Krebs shared the 1886 Ponti prize of the French Académie des sciences, with Charles Renard, for their contribution to Aerostation.
Krebs inspired Jules Verne, in Vernes novel Robur The Conqueror written in 1886, he tells "the striking experiments of Captain Krebs and Captain Renard". Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828–March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. ...
Les Voyages Extraordinaires (The Extraordinary Voyages in English) was a publishing title affixed to the novels, fictional and non-fictional, of French author and Science Fiction pioneer Jules Verne. ...
Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
In 1888 Krebs and Gustave Zédé designed the first modern French submarine, the Gymnote. The submarine was fitted with the first naval periscope and the first naval electric gyrocompass. The latter allowed the Gymnote to force a naval block in 1890. Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Principle of the periscope. ...
Cutaway of Anschütz gyrocompass The following description refers to the gyrocompasses used on ships. ...
1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...
From 1884 to 1897 Arthur Krebs modernized the Ville de Paris fire department; not only its equipment but its organisation as well. His work left a lasting impression in this elite corps up until this very day. Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
In May 1896 Arthur Krebs patented a new automobile, fitted with an electromagnetic gearbox and a layout of the front wheels which re-centred them when the steering wheel was left alone, today this is known as the Castor Angle. Panhard-Levassor acquired a license to build 500 cars under the name of Clement-Panhard between 1898 and 1902 featuring the latter innovation. Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...
A gearbox is an assembly of gears allowing the rotational speed of an input shaft to be changed to a different speed. ...
Caster angle is the angular measure from the vertical of the suspension of a steered wheel in a car or other vehicle, measured in the longitudinal direction. ...
A Panhard-Levassor was the first automobile to be introduced in Japan, in 1898 A 1920s Panhard A VBL of the French Army Panhard, originally Panhard et Levassor, is a French automobile manufacturer. ...
Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Krebs succeeded Levassor as Panhard-Levassor's General Manager from 1897 to 1916. He transformed the Panhard-Levassor Company to become one of the largest and most profitable automobile manufacturers before WWI. A Panhard-Levassor was the first automobile to be introduced in Japan, in 1898 A 1920s Panhard A VBL of the French Army Panhard, originally Panhard et Levassor, is a French automobile manufacturer. ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
A Panhard-Levassor was the first automobile to be introduced in Japan, in 1898 A 1920s Panhard A VBL of the French Army Panhard, originally Panhard et Levassor, is a French automobile manufacturer. ...
In 1898 Krebs replaced the tiller with an inclined steering wheel for the Panhard car he designed for the Paris-Amsterdam race who run from the 7th to 13rd of July 1898. Fernand Charron won that race on a four cylinders Panhard & Levassor. At the end of 1898, C S Rolls introduced the first car in Britain fitted with wheel steering as he imported a 6 hp Panhard & Levassor from France. Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
A modern road cars steering wheel Steering wheels from different periods A steering wheel is a type of steering control used in most modern land vehicles, including all mass-production automobiles. ...
In 1902 Krebs invented the automatic diaphragm carburettor which gave cars continuous power during acceleration by providing a constant air-fuel ratio at all times; this also led to dramatic improvement in fuel economy. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
In 1906 Krebs traveled to the United States of America to plead in the Selden Case, associated with Henry Ford. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ...
Krebs introduced many improvements in car design : the steering wheel (1898), non-reversible steering (1898), engine balance (1898), nickel steel alloys and other special steel alloys (1901), the shock absorber (1906), multi-disc clutch (1907), the electric brake dynamometer for testing high performance engines (1905), the enveloping (globoid) Worm gear differential (1915). Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Worm and worm gear A worm gear, or worm wheel, is a type of gear that engages with a worm to greatly reduce rotational speed, or to allow higher torque to be transmitted. ...
In an automobile and other four-wheeled vehicles, a differential is a device, usually consisting of gears, for allowing each of the driving wheels to rotate at different speeds, while supplying equal torque to each of them. ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Also, Krebs contributed significantly to improve the Systeme Panhard which became universally adopted before WWII. In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ...
In 1909, he became interested in the Knight patent (sleeve-valve engine) and was first in France to build that type of engine which Panhard-Levassor would produce during the thirty years leading up to World War II. 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
A Panhard-Levassor was the first automobile to be introduced in Japan, in 1898 A 1920s Panhard A VBL of the French Army Panhard, originally Panhard et Levassor, is a French automobile manufacturer. ...
He made contributions to automotive racing with his powerful cars and motorboats.
In 1911 Krebs invented the first elastomeric flexible coupling (cf. John Piotrowski). It is known in French as the Flector joint. This device is still widely used today in industry for power transmission as a tyre coupling. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
A gear coupling is a mechanical device for transmitting torque between two shafts that are not coaxial. ...
The truck was meant for military and civil purposes. Krebs designed it in 1911, jointly with the Chatillon Co, the all-terrain truck named Tracteur Chatillon-Panhard, had four wheel drive and four wheel steering. Many of these trucks have been used during the World War I as artillery tractors. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Krebs also utilized his former military membership to supply the French Army with engines and vehicles including the 1904 Genty Armored car, the 1916 St Chamond tank, the Chatillon-Panhard 4x4 truck, and others. Polish armored car Ursus which saw combat during the Polish-German War of 1939. ...
The St Chamond was the second French heavy tank of the First World War. ...
Communiques addressed to the French Académie des sciences
- 08/18/1884 - Krebs and Renard : About the "La France" Dirigible.
- 11/10/1884 - Krebs and Renard : The "La France" Dirigible.
- 1888 - Krebs : Closed Magnetic Field system of the Telephone.
- 1888 - Krebs : Electric Engine Trials for a Submarine Boat.
- 1890 - Krebs : The First Electric Gyrocompass (presented par M. Dumoulin-Froment)
- 11/24/1902 - Krebs : The Automatic Carburettor.
- 11/13/1905 - Krebs : The Electric Dynamometric Brake.
- 01/15/1906 - Krebs : The Progressive Shock Absorber.
- 04/08/1907 - Krebs : The liquid flow measurement apparatus.
In 1934, several month before Arthur Krebs' death, the French government awarded him the Badge of Commandeur of the Legion of Honor for his work in Aeronautics and for his contributions to the automotive industry. Cutaway of Anschütz gyrocompass The following description refers to the gyrocompasses used on ships. ...
The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
See also USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...
Blimp can refer to: a non-rigid airship as opposed to a rigid airship (e. ...
Charles Renard (1847-1905), French military engineer, started to work after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 on the design of air ships at the French army aeronautical department. ...
Jules Janssen (1824-1907), French astronomer. ...
// 1800s 1803 July 18, Etienne Gaspar Robertson and Lhoest climb from Hamburg (Germany) up to 7,280 m in a balloon. ...
A Panhard-Levassor was the first automobile to be introduced in Japan, in 1898 A 1920s Panhard A VBL of the French Army Panhard, originally Panhard et Levassor, is a French automobile manufacturer. ...
The St Chamond was the second French heavy tank of the First World War. ...
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