Jean Jacques Meyer

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Jean-Jacques Meyer (1804-1877) was a French engineer, originator of articulated locomotives which bear his name.

Meyer registered his first patent describing the system in 1861. The Meyer locomotive comprised:

• a rigid single frame supporting cabin, and boiler;
• two revolving units like bogies made up each one of a steam engine involving a group of driving wheels and possibly comprising carrying wheels.

The first engine of this type built by the Cail company in 1868 was a 0-4-0+0-4-0 named "the Future". But the most significant example of this system was the series of 0-6-2+2-6-0 tender goods engines built by Gaston du Bousquet.

The above information is taken from the French Wikipedia article on the subject.