biography
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Clapeyron, Bénoit Paul Emile
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pronunciation:
[klapayrõ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1799–1864)
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| biography:
| Civil engineer, born in Paris, France. He studied at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines. He was principally engaged in the construction of railways and bridges, including the design of locomotives, where he was the first to make use of the expansive action of steam in the cylinder. For the analysis of beams resting on more than two supports he developed the ‘theorem of three moments’, and in 1834 published an exposition of Carnot's paper on the power and efficiency of various types of heat engine. |
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