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fluid flow viscosity laminar flow geostrophic motion Navier-Stokes equation Bernoulli’s theorem Torricelli’s law Reynolds number turbulent flow Froude number drag turbulence

Key People

Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet

British mathematician and physicist