William Froude

Description: (British Engineer and First to Formulate Reliable Laws for the Resistance That Water Offers to Ships)
British engineer and naval architect William Froude made significant contributions to the field of hydrodynamics. He revolutionized ship design by working on a method of studying scale models. He thus became the first person to devise laws that explained the resistance offered to ships by water.

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Birthday November 28, 1810 (Sagittarius)
Died on May 4, 1879
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