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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine de Chézy has received more than 22,703 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Antoine de Chézy is the 163rd most popular engineer (down from 154th in 2019), the 2,870th most popular biography from France (down from 2,637th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Engineer.

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Among engineers, Antoine de Chézy ranks 163 out of 323. Before him are Giuseppe Colombo, Marc Seguin, John Bagot Glubb, Léon Charles Thévenin, Gérard Larrousse, and Pierre-Émile Martin. After him are Anton Flettner, Louis Charles Breguet, Émile Levassor, Rory Byrne, Kelly Johnson, and Arthur Morin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Antoine de Chézy ranks 12. Before him are Alexander Roslin, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Jacob Christian Schäffer, and Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie. After him are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht. Among people deceased in 1798, Antoine de Chézy ranks 18. Before him are Edward Waring, Tarrare, Gaetano Pugnani, Johann Reinhold Forster, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, and Christian Cannabich. After him are Yuan Mei, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, John Fitch, Wolfe Tone, James Wilson, and George Read.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine de Chézy ranks 2,870 out of 6,011. Before him are Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770), Lupus of Troyes (395), Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078), Childebrand I (695), Othon Friesz (1879), and François-Auguste Biard (1799). After him are Denis Pétau (1583), Georges d'Amboise (1460), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), Jules Guesde (1845), and Hilaire Belloc (1870).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Antoine de Chézy ranks 24. Before him are Jorge Chávez (1887), Georges Leclanché (1836), Marc Seguin (1786), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Gérard Larrousse (1940), and Pierre-Émile Martin (1824). After him are Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Émile Levassor (1843), Arthur Morin (1795), Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), and Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754).

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