Emile Lamm (24 November 1834 – 12 July 1873, inNew Orleans) was a French-born Americaninventor anddentist.[1]
Lamm was born inAÿ,France, but moved toLouisiana in 1848 at the age of 14. He patented various improvements in techniques of gold dental fillings, and developed a number of innovative designs forstreet railways.[2][3][4] These later were inspired by wishes to improve theStreetcars in New Orleans, as there was a desire for faster and more powerful propulsion thanhorsecars could provide,[5] whilesteam locomotives created noise, smoke, and soot that was undesirable in city streets. The most successful of Lamm's designs was "Lamm's Fireless Engine", which ran on theSt. Charles Streetcar Line in New Orleans in the 1870s and 1880s, and also saw wide use in thestreet railways of Paris.
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