Henry Selby Hele-Shaw

Deceased Person

1854 – 1941

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Who was Henry Selby Hele-Shaw?

Henry Selby Hele-Shaw FRS was an English mechanical and automobile engineer. He was the inventor of the variable-pitch propeller, which contributed to British success in the Battle of Britain in 1940, and he experimented with flows through thin cells. Flows through such configurations are named in his honour.

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Born
Jul 29, 1854
Billericay
Died
Jan 30, 1941

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on July 23, 2013

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