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differential manometer, Torricellian barometer, and siphon
Torricelli, Evangelista
possible orientations of a square prism in liquid
capillarity
formation of a liquid drop
venturi tube and pitot tube
surface of shallow water
interaction of two solitons
Mach's construction
laminar motion and associated stresses
The science of surface tension explained
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Sir James Lighthill
British mathematician
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet
British mathematician and physicist
Sir Horace Lamb.
Sir Horace Lamb
English mathematician
Saint-Clément Aqueduct
Henri Pitot
French engineer and inventor
Henri-Émile Bazin
French engineer
Jean-Louis-Marie Poiseuille
French physician
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
British physicist
Ludwig Prandtl.
Ludwig Prandtl
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Osborne Reynolds
British engineer and physicist
Louis Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg
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Jean-Charles de Borda
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