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André Chapelon (26 October 1892 – 22 July 1978) was a French mechanical engineer and designer of advanced steam locomotives. [1] A graduate engineer of Ecole Centrale Paris, he was one of very few locomotive designers who brought a rigorous scientific method to their design, and he sought to apply up-to-date theories and knowledge in subjects such as thermodynamics, and gas and fluid flow.
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – Serbian electrical and mechanical engineer contributing to the development of AC motors and power delivery; Torine Torines (1876–1944) – pioneer Swedish sewing machine mechanic engineer; John Tregoning (1840s–1920s) – American mechanical engineer, who wrote the first books on factory management
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The history of fluid mechanics is a ... French engineer Henri Pitot afterwards showed that the ... discussing these on physical and mechanical principles, he ...
C. Joseph-Martin Cabirol; Eugène Caillaux; Gustave Caillebotte; Gabriel Calloet-Kerbrat; Michel Callon; Carlos Canudas de Wit; Ferdinand Carré; Éric Carreel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (/ b r uː ˈ n ɛ l /, French: [maʁk izɑ̃baʁ bʁynɛl]; 25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-British engineer [1] who is most famous for the work he did in Britain. [2] He constructed the Thames Tunnel and was the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (French: [ɡaspaʁ ɡystav də kɔʁjɔlis]; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist.He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the Coriolis effect.
This is a list of notable French scientists. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A José Achache (20th-21st centuries), geophysicist and ecologist Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher Claude Allègre (born 1937 ...