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    The Pitot theorem in geometry states that in a tangential quadrilateral the two pairs of opposite sides have the same total length. It is named after...
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    1740 a fellow of the Royal Society. The Pitot theorem of plane geometry is named after him. Rue Henri Pitot in Carcassonne is named after him. Anderson...
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  • theorem (geometry) Pascal's theorem (conics) Pasch's theorem (order theory) Pitot theorem (plane geometry) Pivot theorem (circles) Pompeiu's theorem (Euclidean...
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  • Equivalently, the circle C is inscribed in the quadrilateral ABCD. By the Pitot theorem, the sums of opposite sides of any such quadrilateral are equal, i.e...
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    or between the throat and a Pitot tube at the air entry. An injector on a steam locomotive or a static boiler. The pitot tube and static port on an aircraft...
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    combined lengths of opposite sides are equal (Pitot theorem: a + c = b + d). According to Anne's theorem, showing that the combined areas of opposite triangles...
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    their two pairs of opposite sides have equal sums. This is called the Pitot theorem. More generally, a polygon with any number of sides that has an inscribed...
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    gasket, Napoleon's theorem, logarithmic spirals, the "Futurama Theorem" from the episode "The Prisoner of Benda", the Pitot theorem, and the monkey and...
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    } The formula for the area of a trapezoid can be simplified using Pitot's theorem to get a formula for the area of a tangential trapezoid. If the bases...
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    a supersonic compressible flow is derived from the Rayleigh supersonic pitot equation: p t p = [ γ + 1 2 M 2 ] γ γ − 1 ⋅ [ γ + 1 1 − γ + 2 γ M 2 ] 1...
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    sides a, b, c, d is bicentric if and only if opposite sides satisfy Pitot's theorem for tangential quadrilaterals and the cyclic quadrilateral property...
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  • quadrilaterals, which have an incircle and in which (according to Pitot's theorem) pairs of opposite sides have lengths summing to the semiperimeter—namely...
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    be tangential and the common point is the incenter. According to the Pitot theorem, the two pairs of opposite sides in a tangential quadrilateral add up...
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    {\displaystyle |a-c|=|b-d|.} These equations are closely related to the Pitot theorem for tangential quadrilaterals, where the sums of opposite sides are...
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    dictionary in 1651. Henri Pitot, hydraulic engineer, inventor of the Pitot tube and author of the Pitot theorem in plane geometry. Jean Astruc,...
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    expansion in the tube section, turbulence is more likely to appear, and the theorem will not hold. Generally in Venturi tubes, the pressure in the entrance...
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  • Norbert Peters (engineer) – German combustion engineer (1942–2015) Henri Pitot – French hydraulic engineer (1695–1771) Joseph Plateau – Belgian physicist...
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  • Réaumur scale by René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur in 1730. Pitot tube by Henri Pitot in 1732 and modified to its modern form in the mid-19th century...
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    static pressure. The pressure of a moving fluid can be measured using a Pitot tube, or one of its variations such as a Kiel probe or Cobra probe, connected...
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  • autoignition. Stagnation pressure In fluid dynamics, stagnation pressure (or pitot pressure) is the static pressure at a stagnation point in a fluid flow....
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  • Henri Buisson Henri Bénard Henri Chrétien Henri Daniel Rathgeber Henri Pitot Henri Poincaré Henri Poincaré Prize Henri Victor Regnault Henrik Svensmark...
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  • the Young's modulus. 1732 – Henri Pitot discovers how to measure the pressure from the speed of a fluid using a Pitot tube. 1738 – Daniel Bernoulli publishes...
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  • 1766) May 3 Pacifico Bizza, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1756) Henri Pitot, French hydraulic engineer (d. 1771) May 6 – Isaac Wilkinson, English businessman...
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  • directly from the airspeed indicator (ASI) on an aircraft, driven by the pitot-static system. It uses the difference between total pressure and static...
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    which surround it. Taking advantage of these results, French engineer Henri Pitot afterwards showed that the retardations arising from friction are inversely...
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  • (optics) Pit (nuclear weapon) Pitch-up Pitch drop experiment Pitching moment Pitot tube Piyare Jain Planar array radar Planar laser-induced fluorescence Planck's...
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    Particle image velocimetry Wind tunnel Subsonic and transonic wind tunnel Pitot tube Prandtl's one-seventh-power law NASA research aircraft, Prandtl-D (Preliminary...
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