John T. Fanning | |
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| Born | John Thomas Fanning December 31, 1837 Norwich, Connecticut |
| Died | February 6, 1911 (aged 73) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, engineer |
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M. Louise Bensley (m. 1865) |
| Children | 3 |
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John Thomas Fanning (1837–1911) was an American architect and hydraulic engineer. His contribution to fluid mechanics and hydraulic engineering is in the Fanning friction factor which is used by engineers in the present age to calculate the frictional pressures losses in flows inside pipes.[1]
- ^ Fanning, J.T. (1896). A practical treatise on hydraulic and water-supply engineering. D. Van Nostrand. ISBN 978-5-87581-042-8.