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Antoine de Chézy

1718 - 1798

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Antoine de Chézy (1 September 1718 – 5 October 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine de Chézy has received more than 24,180 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Antoine de Chézy is the 164th most popular engineer (down from 161st in 2019), the 2,977th most popular biography from France (down from 2,861st in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Antoine de Chézy ranks 164 out of 389. Before him are Philippe LeBon, Anton Flettner, Hanns Hörbiger, Marc Seguin, John Loudon McAdam, and John Smeaton. After him are Sherif Ismail, Vitaly Abalakov, Menno van Coehoorn, John Hughes, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Riccardo Morandi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Antoine de Chézy ranks 14. Before him are Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, John Canton, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jacob Christian Schäffer, and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. After him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht. Among people deceased in 1798, Antoine de Chézy ranks 17. Before him are Johann Reinhold Forster, Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Yuan Mei, and Infanta María Amalia of Spain. After him are Christian Cannabich, Gaetano Pugnani, George Read, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Laurynas Gucevičius, and Karl Wilhelm Ramler.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine de Chézy ranks 2,977 out of 6,770. Before him are Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678), Marie-José Nat (1940), Marie Marvingt (1875), Jules Armand Dufaure (1798), Francis Ponge (1899), and Walter V, Count of Brienne (1278). After him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Albert Robida (1848), Étienne Decroux (1898), Roberto Alagna (1963), Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078), and Sophie Calle (1953).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Antoine de Chézy ranks 24. Before him are Gabriel Voisin (1880), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Philippe LeBon (1767), and Marc Seguin (1786). After him are Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), Michel Chevalier (1806), Jorge Chávez (1887), and Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754).

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