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Jean Lepage
French inventor, gunsmith (1746-1834) · France · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1779 to 1822 · aged 43
Jean Le Page (1746-1834) was a well-known French gunsmith. He worked for Louis XVI, Napoléon and then Louis XVIII. He was the inventor of fulminate percussion systems for firearms, which superseded the flint-lock mechanism and opened the way to modern firearms.
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This followed the discovery of fulminates by Edward Charles Howard in 1800.
Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1779 to 1822 · aged 43
