William F. Durand
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title:
William F. Durand
text:
William Frederick Durand was a United States naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer. He contributed significantly to the development of aircraft propellers. He was the first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA. A native of Connecticut, he was a member of the first graduating class of Birmingham High School in Derby, Connecticut in 1877. He graduated second in his class at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and received his Ph
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American naval officer and mechanical engineer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Durand
date created:
2005-07-23T18:40:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T00:19:03Z
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