William Froude

William Froude (November 28, 1810, Dartington, Devon, England - May 4, 1879, Simonstown, South Africa) was an engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect, and the brother of James Anthony Froude, a historian.

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Froude was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships and for predicting their stability. He was educated at Oxford. In 1837 he was assistant to Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the Bristol and Exeter Railway. His is remembered in fluid dynamics by the Froude number named after him.

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1810: 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar)....

Dartington: Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 1,917. It is located south of Dartington Hall and about two miles (3 km) from Totnes. Dartington is home to an obsolete cider press (now the centrepiece of a shopping centre named for it), the Cott Inn, a public house dating from 1320, an...

Devon: Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. The name Devonshire was once common but is now rarely used, although it does feature in some names and titles (such as the Duke of Devonshire), and is still to be seen on signposts in the co...

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