1823 – 1906
Joseph Monier
FranceInfrastructureMaterials & Metallurgy
Background
A French gardener and manufacturer of horticultural containers.
Contribution
Patented iron-mesh-reinforced concrete (from 1867) for tubs and tanks, an early step toward structural reinforced concrete.
Popular credit vs. the record
Reinforced concrete was cumulative — Wilkinson, Hennebique, Ransome, and others independently advanced the structural system.
Associated inventions
Sources & further reading
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- Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
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