Louis-Nicolas Robert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French papermaker
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Louis-Nicolas Robert
- For the pioneering 18th-century balloonist, see Nicolas-Louis Robert.
- For the 17th-century French miniaturist and engraver, see Nicolas RobertLouis-Nicolas Robert (2 December 1761 – 8 August 1828) was a French soldier and mechanical engineer, who is credited with a paper-making invention that became the blueprint of the Fourdrinier machine. In 1799, Robert patented the first machine to produce 'continuous paper'.
- After a series of legal and financial quarrels with Saint-Léger Didot, Robert lost control of his patent.
- The machine was then shipped out of post-revolutionary France and further developed in England.
- Robert's invention became the core of the Fourdrinier machine, the basis for modern papermaking.
- He eventually became a school-teacher and died in penury.
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