William Froude
British engineer and naval architect
Died when: 68 years 157 days (821 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
William Froude (/'fru?d/; 28 November 1810 in Devon – 4 May 1879 in Simonstown, South Africa) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect.
He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships (such as the hull speed equation) and for predicting their stability.
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