Andre Chapelon mechanical engineer 1892-1978 French bronze medal by C Gondard 1979 steam engine locomotive

Andre Chapelon mechanical engineer 1892-1978 French bronze medal by C Gondard 1979 steam engine – locomotive

72mm

Chapelon, known as the father of modern steam, applied the rules of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to revolutionise the steam engine in the 1930s.

Reverse of the medal shows the SNCF 3.242A 1 model from 1936.  Medal produced after the Chapelon’s death in 1978.