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Osborne Reynolds

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Gender Male
Death111 years ago
Date of birth August 23,1842
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Belfast
United Kingdom
Date of died February 21,1912
DiedWatchet
United Kingdom
ParentsReverend Osborne Reynolds
Jane Bryce
Known for Fluid dynamics
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Job Engineer
Physicist
Education University of Cambridge
Queens' College, University of Cambridge
Victoria University of Manchester
BooksThe Sub- mechanics of the Universe
On an inversion of ideas as to the structure of the universe
Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects
Syllabus of the Lectures in Engineering at the Owens College: Together with a Series of Examples Relating to the Various Subjects Included in the Course
Memoir of James Prescott Joule
Triple- expansion Engines and Engine-trials
Sewer Gas and how to Keep it Out of Houses: A Handbook on House Drainage
Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. Fourth Series. Sixth Volume. Memoir of James Prescott Joule
Syllabus of the Lectures in Engineering at the Owens College
The Sub- mechanics of the Universe, by Osborne Reynolds. Pub. for the Royal Society of London
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Osborne Reynolds Life story


Osborne Reynolds FRS was a prominent Irish-born British innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics. Separately, his studies of heat transfer between solids and fluids brought improvements in boiler and condenser design. He spent his entire career at what is now the University of Manchester.

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