Nathalie Micas

Nathalie Micas
Micas (left) and Bonheur (right), 1882
Born(1824-04-24)24 April 1824
Paris, France
Died21 June 1889(1889-06-21) (aged 65)
Thomery
Burial placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
OccupationsPainter, inventor

Nathalie Micas (24 April 1824 – 21 June 1889) was a French painter and inventor of an efficient brake for trains, which she tested on a railway she had built in the park outside the château where she lived.

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