Antoine de Chézy
Deceased Person
1718 – 1798
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Who was Antoine de Chézy?
Antoine de Chézy was a French hydraulics engineer. He is known for the Chézy formula, which concerned the velocity of pipe flow, and in modified form he used for open channel flow as well. He died in 1798 after being director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées for less than a year. His son was the orientalist Antoine-Léonard de Chézy.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1718
Châlons-en-Champagne - Also known as
- Шези, Антуан
- 安东尼·谢才
- Children
- Education
- École des ponts ParisTech
- Died
- Oct 5, 1798
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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