Revue Maritime 1888 (L’opinion est faite aujourd’hui sur la chaudière Du Temple parmi les officiers et les ingénieurs. Tout le monde proclame ses qualités supérieures… les commandes affluent de nos ports de commerce et de la part du gouvernement français.) Industrial legacy Following his death in 1890, his successors took over the management of the company. "Générateur Du Temple S.A.", acquired the Lesénéchal company in 1905, and by 1918 had several hundred employees when it was absorbed by the shipbuilding company Société Normande de Construction Navale. Quote See also List of early flying machines Timeline of aviation - 19th century History of aviation Notes External links Flying machines Pioneers and innovators 19th-century French inventors History of aviation Steam-powered aircraft 1823 births 1890 deaths