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3 unusual facts about Delaunay


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Delaunay-Belleville

Louis Delaunay joined the firm in 1867 and married Delaunay's daughter, changing his name to Delaunay-Belleville and succeeded Belleville in charge of the company.

Louis Delaunay-Belleville

He became a partner and finally head of the firm which produced the well-known Belleville boilers, and later the Delaunay-Belleville automobile.


Arthur Tashko

As a cubist painter he exposed his art works in Vienna, Austria together with Picasso, Leger, Delaunay, Jean Arp and after a period he met with abstract expressionists Pollock, Kooning, Rothko.

Boreal Loppet

In 2002, the idea of organizing a competition of long distance cross-country skiing (loppet) north of Forestville make his way trough the mind of Dave Delaunay, physical education teacher, and Eric Maltais, langage teacher of the local high school and both keen skiers.

Levasseur PL.8

On 20 December 1929, PL.8-02, registered F-AJKP to Cie Generale Aeropostale and based at Dakar, while flown by pilot Henry Delaunay, was badly damaged when it hit a pothole on landing at Istres and not repaired.


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