Jean-Charles Perrinet d'Orval

Jean-Charles Perrinet d’Orval (1707, Sancerre – 5 May 1782, Paris) was a French chemical engineer and pyrotechnician.

Jean Perrinet d'Orval was married two times, his first wife was Suzanne Chamaillard (1658–1705).

[1] In addition to Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773), Perrinet d'Orval was of the most important pyrotechnicians of his era, who also thought about the military utility of explosives and gunpowder.

[2] His works were conceived as practical manuals and instructions and demonstrated the high level of craftsmanship of pyrotechnics in the early modern period.

By judgment of 12 June 1743, Perrinet Orval, salt store recipient of Sancerre and Stephen Renouard, master of water and forests of the Sancerre County, are in dispute with Jean et Étienne Ravot, merchants of Orleans, about the liquidation of an inheritance (1743–1745).

Plate Artificier of the Encyclopédie , t. 1., p. 325.
A depiction demonstrating the use of the Chinese stinkpot shown in the Treaty on fireworks for shows and for war by Jean-Charles Perrinet d'Orval, 1745