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Antoine de Chézy

1718 - 1798

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Antoine de Chézy (September 1, 1718 – October 5, 1798), also called Antoine Chézy, was a French physicist and hydraulics engineer who contributed greatly to the study of fluid mechanics and designed a canal for the Paris water supply. He is known for developing a similarity parameter for predicting the flow characteristics of one channel based on the measurements of another, known today as the Chézy formula. The Chézy equation is a pioneering formula in the field of fluid mechanics, and was expanded and modified by Irish engineer Robert Manning in 1889 as the Manning formula. The Chézy formula concerns the velocity of water flowing through conduits and is widely celebrated for its use in open channel flow calculations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine de Chézy is the 168th most popular engineer (down from 164th in 2019), the 3,074th most popular biography from France (down from 2,978th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Antoine de Chézy ranks 168 out of 389. Before him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Yaakov Ziv, Essam Sharaf, Aurel Vlaicu, John Hughes, and Hugo Eckener. After him are Peter Hirsch, Alexei Tupolev, Riccardo Morandi, Gustave Whitehead, Louis Charles Breguet, and Hanns Hörbiger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Antoine de Chézy ranks 15. Before him are George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and John Canton. After him are Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, and Israel Putnam. Among people deceased in 1798, Antoine de Chézy ranks 18. Before him are Christian Gottlob Neefe, Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Johann Reinhold Forster, Yuan Mei, and Infanta María Amalia of Spain. After him are Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Laurynas Gucevičius, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, and John Fitch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine de Chézy ranks 3,074 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Vallès (1832), Catulle Mendès (1841), Henri Callot (1875), Adrien Proust (1834), Étienne Decroux (1898), and Hilaire Belloc (1870). After him are Julie Billiart (1751), Jean Fernel (1497), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Louis Rosier (1905), Charles Despiau (1874), and Marie-José Nat (1940).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Antoine de Chézy ranks 21. Before him are Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Georges Leclanché (1836), Marc Seguin (1786), Gabriel Voisin (1880), and Pierre Berthier (1782). After him are Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), and Louis Dollo (1857).

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