Émile Bachelet
Émile Bachelet (30 January 1863 – 2 May 1946) was a French-American inventor United States in the 1880s[1] where he worked as an electrician. After discovering therapeutic qualities of magnetic fields especially with arthritis patients, he began to commercialize this practice. While doing so Bachelet began to experiment with magnetic fields.
Bachelet was born in Nanterre, the son of Henri Bachelet. He immigrated to the United States in 1883[2] and became an American citizen in 1889.[3] He died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Bachelet proposed, and was awarded a patent for his "Levitating Transmitting Apparatus." which was meant to transfer mail and small packages on a cart which was levitated above a track of magnets.
References
- ^ "Emile Bachelet Collection, 1880s-1973". siris-archives.si.edu.
- ^ U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925
- ^ Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798–1950