Human Accomplishment: Gaspard de Prony

a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics.

Born

Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony July 22, 1755 Chamelet, Beaujolais, France

Died

July 29, 1839 (aged 84) Asnières-sur-Seine, France

Nationality

French

Known for

Prony brake Prony's method Prony equation

Fields

Mathematics Hydraulics

Institutions

École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

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France

era

1600-1800