William L. Hosch
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
William L. Hosch was an editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.
Primary Contributions (151)
Navier-Stokes equation, in fluid mechanics, a partial differential equation that describes the flow of incompressible fluids. The equation is a generalization of the equation devised by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in the 18th century to describe the flow of incompressible and frictionless…
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