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Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
This page is on my list to edit - Seguin wasn't the first to build a wire suspension bridge of the modern type (Dufour beat him to it!), and it's not clear that he built the first suspension bridge in continental Europe either. -- Kvetner (talk) 12:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Nor was he a member of the Académie des Sciences, at least not the French one - they do not list him.
Chrysippo (talk) 12:46, 15 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Wrorked entirely independently, according a fairly solid history of technology I have. tagged since 2008 now gone. Covers bridge work as well: I'll attempt to expandTheLongTone (talk) 12:01, 26 March 2012 (UTC)Reply
