Clemens Herschel
Hydraulic engineer, inventor of the Venturi meter
Died when: 87 years 343 days (1055 months)Star Sign: Aries
Clemens Herschel (March 23, 1842 – March 1, 1930) was an American hydraulic engineer.His career extended from about 1860 to 1930, and he is best known for inventing the Venturi meter, which was the first large-scale, accurate device for measuring water flow.
He developed this device while serving as director of the Holyoke Testing Flume, a turbine testing facility which he would redesign, which became the first modern hydraulics laboratory in the United States and the world.
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