About Louis Dominique Girard
Lived 1815 – 1871 (aged 55–56). Louis Dominique Girard was a French civil engineer and engineer.
Louis Dominique Girard (1815- Paris, 1871) was a French hydraulic engineer.
A friend and colleague of Léon Foucault, Girard was most notable for his work with impulse turbines. His 1856 design greatly improved on the Jonval turbines that were then common, although it was in turn supplanted by the Pelton wheel in the latter portion of the 19th century.
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Who was Louis Dominique Girard?
French engineer
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Louis Dominique Girard was born in 1815 in Pertuis.
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Louis Dominique Girard died in 1871 in Paris.
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Louis Dominique Girard was a civil engineer and engineer.
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Louis Dominique Girard was French.
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