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Jun 29, 1828 Amiens, Hauts de France, France Died on 19 Oct 1913 (aged 85)
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About Charles Tellier
- Charles Tellier (29 June 1828 – 19 October 1913) was a French engineer, born in Amiens.
- He early made a study of motors and compressed air.
- In 1868, he began experiments in refrigeration, which resulted ultimately in the refrigerating plant, as used on ocean vessels, to preserve meats and other perishable food.
- In 1911, Tellier was awarded the Joest prize by the French Institute and, in 1912, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
- He wrote Histoire d'une invention moderne, le frigorifique (1910).
- Tellier died impoverished in Paris.
- Dimethyl ether was the first refrigerant, in 1876, Charles Tellier bought the ex-Elder-Dempster a 690 tons cargo ship Eboe and fitted a Methyl-ether refrigerating plant of his design.
- The ship was renamed Le Frigorifique and successfully imported a cargo of refrigerated meat from Argentina.
- However the machinery could be improved and in 1877 another refrigerated ship called Paraguay with a refrigerating plant improved by Ferdinand Carré was put into service on the South American run.
