Biographical Information
| Name: | Agustín de Bétancourt y Molina |
|---|---|
| Born in | 1758 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe |
| Deceased in | 1824 in Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, Europe |
| Education: | Scientific and architectural studies in Madrid. |
| 1784 | Goes to Paris to study at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. |
| 1788 | Travels to England. |
| 1791 | Returns to Spain where he found the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos based on the model of the Ecole des Ponts et chaussées in France. |
| 1797 | Builds a optical telegraph connection between Madrid and Aranjuez, a device invented with Breguet and first introduced in Paris the year before as a prototype. |
| 1802 | First director of the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos. |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
designer
engineer
Bibliography
- (1790): Mémoire sur la force expensive de la vapeur d'eau.
- (1808): Essai sur la composition des machines.
Relevant Publications
- (1997): 250 ans de l'Ecole des Ponts en cent portraits. Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 222.
- (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 280.
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