Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (9 October 1822,

Vienne, Isère Vienne (; frp, Vièna) is a town in southeastern France, located south of Lyon, at the confluence of the Gère and the Rhône. It is the fourth largest-commune in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture alongside La Tour-du- ...

– 22 May 1883) was a French civil engineer who specialized in the design and use of hydraulic motors. Bresse graduated from the

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

in 1843 and received his formal education in engineering at the

École des Ponts et Chaussées École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. He returned to the École des Ponts et Chaussées in 1848 as an instructor for applied mechanics courses and in 1853 gained his professorship in applied mechanics, after which he taught at the school until his death in 1883. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.

Publications

* Bresse, Jacques Antoine Charles, ''Water-wheels; Or, Hydraulic Motors'', John Wiley & Sons, New York 1869.

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French civil engineers École Polytechnique alumni École des Ponts ParisTech alumni Corps des ponts 1822 births 1883 deaths People from Vienne, Isère Members of the French Academy of Sciences {{civil-engineering-stub