[PW] Re: Launoy

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 6/5/06, swguardian-stumpers at yahoo.com <swguardian-stumpers at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Interesting, the spelling there is with an 'm' and not 'n'. I had wondered if the two were the same man, as the Launoy with the "Helicoptre" appears, according to some sources, to have been a naturalist, and the one with Washington, an engineer. of Launoy and Bienvenu, Bienvenu was the mechanic. When I checked, I found that in the papers of George Washing, there is mention of Laumoy, Jean-Baptiste Joseph, comte de.


A google for the phrase "comte de Launoy" yields a couple of
references; both in French, which, alas!, I cannot read.

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Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey

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