David Watson Taylor: Quick Facts


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Born March 4, 1864 • Virginia
Died July 28, 1940 (aged 76) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Notable Works “Speed and Power of Ships”
Subjects Of Study hydrodynamics • ship

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William Froude
British engineer
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William Francis Gibbs
American architect and engineer
John Ericsson, detail of an oil painting by Charles Loring Elliott; in the Science Museum, London.
John Ericsson
Swedish-born American naval engineer and inventor
Isherwood, B.F.
B. F. Isherwood
United States naval engineer
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Robert Livingston Stevens
American engineer
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Donald McKay
American naval architect
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John Willis Griffiths
American naval architect
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Joshua Humphreys
American ship designer
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Olin James Stephens II
American architect
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William Henry Webb
American naval architect
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
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Satish Dhawan
Indian aerospace engineer and space scientist
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-born engineer and inventor
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Sir John Graham Kerr
British biologist
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Osborne Reynolds
British engineer and physicist
Sir Horace Lamb
Sir Horace Lamb
English mathematician
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Pierre Duhem
French physicist and philosopher
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Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
British architect and engineer
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John Scott Russell
British engineer
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Sir Samuel Bentham
British engineer