Jacques Triger

Jacques Triger
Bust on Triger
Born(1801-03-10)10 March 1801
Mamers, France
Died16 December 1867(1867-12-16) (aged 66)
Paris, France
Scientific career
FieldsGeology

Jacques Triger (10 March 1801 – 16 December 1867) was a French geologist who invented the "Triger process" for digging through waterlogged ground using a pressurised caisson.

Triger was also deputy director of coal mining operations in Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire).

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