Jean Aubert (engineer) explained

Jean Aubert
Birth Date:2 July 1894
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Date:25 November 1984
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Education:Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, University of Paris (Bachelor of law)
Known For:Engineer on river and canal works
Occupation:Engineer

Jean Aubert was a French engineer. In 1961, he used the idea of the German engineer Julius Greve from the last century to describe a pente d'eau (English: [[water slope]]), which was a way of moving boats up the gradient of a canal without locks. The design consisted of a sloping channel, through which a wedge of water on which the boat was floating could be pushed up an incline. This concept was used in both the Montech water slope[1] and the Fonserannes water slopes.[2] [3]

Education

Career

Publications

Awards

Prix Pierson-Perrim 1922.[2]

Principle works

Further reading

David Tew, 1984, Canal Inclines and Lifts, Gloucester: Alan Sutton.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rolt, L. T. C. . L. T. C. Rolt . From Sea to Sea . Ohio University Press . 1973 . 9780713904710.
  2. Book: Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology . Lance Day . Ian McNeil . September 2003. 9780203028292.
  3. Book: An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology . Ian McNeil . June 2002. 9780203192115.
  4. Lecture. Joint Meeting. Inland Navigation Today . 10.1680/iicep.1965.9574 . 29 December 2009. 1965 . Aubert . J. . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 30 . 187–192 .