Henry Darcy

Henry Darcy
Henry Darcy
Born10 June 1803 (1803-06-10)
Died3 January 1858 (1858-01-04) (aged 54)
Paris
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
École des Ponts et Chaussées
Known forDarcy's law
Darcy–Weisbach equation
AwardsLégion d'honneur[1]
Scientific career
FieldsHydraulics

Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy (French: [ɑ̃ʁi daʁsi]; 10 June 1803 – 3 January 1858) was a French engineer who made several important contributions to hydraulics, including Darcy’s law for flow in porous media.

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