About Maxime Guillaume
Lived 1888 – 2000. Maxime Guillaume was a French inventor.
In aerospace, Maxime Guillaume (born 1888) was an agricultural engineer who filed a French patent for a turbojet engine in 1921.
The first patent for using a gas turbine to power an aircraft was filed in 1921 by Guillaume (French patent no. 534,801; filed: 3 May 1921; issued: 13 January 1922). His engine was to be an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required considerable advances over the state of the art in compressors.
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Who was Maxime Guillaume?
French inventor
When was Maxime Guillaume born?
Maxime Guillaume was born in 1888.
When did Maxime Guillaume die?
Maxime Guillaume died in 2000.
What was Maxime Guillaume's occupation?
Maxime Guillaume was an inventor.
What nationality was Maxime Guillaume?
Maxime Guillaume was French.
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