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Claude Burdin

Claude Burdin (; 19 March 1788 – 12 November 1873) was a French engineer. Born in Lépin-le-Lac, Savoie, when it was known as the Duchy of Savoy, he was professor at the school of mines, École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne, in Saint-Étienne. He became a French citizen on 4 June 1817. He proposed the concept and developed the term ''turbine'' from the Greek word τύρβη, meaning "whirling" or a "vortex". Provided by Wikipedia
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