Pierre du Buat

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French hydraulic engineer

France ScientistsLived 1734 to 1809 · aged 75

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Count Pierre-Louis-George du Buat was a French military engineer who worked on problems in hydraulics and hydrodynamics.

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Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis

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Count Pierre-Louis-George du Buat was a French military engineer who worked on problems in hydraulics and hydrodynamics. He examined the flow of water and came up with a mathematical formulation defining the rate of flow of water through pipes which he published in Principes d’hydraulique, vérifiés par un grand nombre d’expériences faites par ordre du gouvernement.

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