Pierre Girard

Pierre Simon Girard

Born: 4 Nov 1765 in Caen, France
Died: 30 Nov 1836 in Paris, France

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In 1798 Pierre Girard wrote an important work on the strength of materials. In 1802 he was put in charge of the Ourcq canal project, one of many projects ordered by Napoleon to modernise Paris. Pierre Girard wrote extensively on fluids, in particular on flow in capillary tubes.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. C Richet, Pierre Simon Girard, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 197 (1933), 1481-1486. 
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