Claude Burdin
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Claude Burdin (March 19 1788 – November 12 1873) was a French engineer. Born in Lépin-le-Lac, Savoie he was professor at the school of mines in Saint-Étienne.[1] He proposed the concept and developed the term turbine from Latin turbo for whirlpool.
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- ^ Carlisle, Rodney P. (2004-07-19). Scientific American inventions and discoveries. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0471244104. http://books.google.de/books?id=pDbQVE3IdTcC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=%22claude+burdin%22&source=bl&ots=n3ed9kBx8_&sig=cQnVw-0x8KXMXAXwg_NQ_qESpvk&hl=en&ei=zU-pSu_ZD6CqmwOC0PGoBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=burdin&f=false.
