Claude Burdin

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Claude Burdin (before 1873)

Claude Burdin (born March 19, 1788 in Lépin-le-Lac , Savoy ; † November 12, 1873 in Clermont-Ferrand ) was a French engineer and professor at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne in Saint-Étienne . From 1842 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

Burdin studied at the École polytechnique (PhD 1807) and at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris . He developed the concept and coined the term turbine .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.annales.org/archives/x/burdin.html
  2. ^ Rodney P. Carlisle: Scientific American inventions and discoveries . John Wiley and Sons, July 19, 2004, ISBN 0-471-24410-4 .
  3. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 30, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ http://www.udo-leuschner.de/basiswissen/SB107-04.htm
personal data
SURNAME Burdin, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engineer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Lépin-le-Lac
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1873
Place of death Clermont-Ferrand