William Froude (/ˈfruːd/; 28 November 1810 in Devon – 4 May 1879 in Simonstown, Cape Colony) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect...
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In continuum mechanics, the Froude number (Fr, after William Froude, /ˈfruːd/) is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of the flow inertia to the...
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James Anthony Froude FRSE (/fruːd/ FROOD; 23 April 1818 – 20 October 1894) was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine...
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Froude–Krylov force—sometimes also called the Froude–Kriloff force—is a hydrodynamical force named after William Froude and Alexei Krylov. The Froude–Krylov...
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British historian William Froude (1810–1879), British engineer and hydrodynamicist Froude, Saskatchewan - a small community in Canada Froude number This disambiguation...
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development of ships and offshore structures. The eminent English engineer William Froude published a series of influential papers on ship designs for maximising...
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Robert Froude (Archdeacon of Totnes) and the elder brother of historian James Anthony Froude and engineer and naval architect William Froude. He was...
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partnership formed by engineers Richard Froude and Richard Hammersley Heenan. Expanded on the back of William Froude's patent for inventing the water brake...
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element theory (BET) is a mathematical process originally designed by William Froude (1878), David W. Taylor (1893) and Stefan Drzewiecki (1885) to determine...
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patented weighing machine. Froude Ltd, of Worcester, UK, manufactures engine and vehicle dynamometers. They credit William Froude with the invention of the...
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