Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse

Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (October 9, 1822, Vienne, Isère – May 22, 1883) was a French civil engineer who specialized in the design and use of hydraulic motors.

Bresse graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1843 and received his formal education in engineering at the École des Ponts et Chaussées. He returned to the École des Ponts et Chaussées in 1848 as an instructor for applied mechanics courses and in 1853 gained his professorship in applied mechanics, after which he taught at the school until his death in 1883.^[1]

His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.

Publications

Bresse, Jacques Antoine Charles, Water-wheels; Or, Hydraulic Motors, John Wiley & Sons, New York 1869.

Notes

^ Timoshenko, Stephen (1983). History of Strength of Materials. New York: Courier Dover Publications. pp. 146. ISBN 0486611876.

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Name	Bresse, Jacques Antoine Charles
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Date of birth	October 9, 1822
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Date of death	May 22, 1883
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