Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse

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Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (October 9, 1822 – May 22, 1883) was a French civil engineer who specialized in the design and use of hydraulic motors. His name, along with 72 others, is engraved underneath the first balcony on the Eiffel Tower for his contributions to the field of civil engineering. Bresse graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1843 and received his formal education in engineering at the École des Ponts et Chaussées. He returned to the École des Ponts et Chaussées in 1848 as an instructor for applied mechanics courses and in 1853 gained his professorship in applied mechanics, after which he taught at the school until his death in 1883. [1]

[edit] Publications

  • Bresse, Jacques Antoine Charles, Water-wheels; Or, Hydraulic Motors, John Wiley & Sons, New York 1869.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Timoshenko, Stephen (1983). History of Strength of Materials. New York: Courier Dover Publications, 146. ISBN 0486611876. 
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