Lewis Ferry Moody

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| name = Lewis Ferry Moody

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| birth_date = 5 January 1880

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|4|18|1880|1|5}}

| death_place = Princeton, New Jersey

| citizenship =

| nationality = American

| occupation = Mechanical engineer

| employer = Princeton University

| alma_mater =

| known_for = Moody chart

| awards = Elliott Cresson Medal (1945)

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Lewis Ferry Moody (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1953{{Cite news |date=1953-04-20 |title=Obituary for Lewis Ferry Moody |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-obituary-for-lewis-ferr/139627933/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |work=The Courier-News |pages=12}}) was an American engineer and professor, best known for the Moody chart, a diagram capturing relationships between several variables used in calculating fluid flow through a pipe. He has 23 patents for his inventions.[http://www.ipexl.com/directory/APPLICANT_Lewis_Ferry_Moody.html iplexl.com - Petents list for Moody, Lewis Ferry]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was the first Professor of Hydraulics in the School of Engineering at Princeton.[http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/rbsc2/libraryhistory/1810_to_1987_Acquisitions.html princeton.edu - Description of Acquisitions by the Princeton University Library], [http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/aerospace_mechanical_sciences.html princeton.edu - Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, The Department of]

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Biography

He was born on 5 January 1880.

Lewis F. Moody as professor of fluid mechanics and machine design taught at Princeton University starting in 1930.[http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMASM03_582/PV2003_239.pdf aiaa.org - Aerospace Education and Research at Princeton University, 1942–1975]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He co-wrote the book Fifty Years’ Progress in Hydraulics with fellow engineer Blake R. Van Leer.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/1339294|doi=10.1115/1.4033976|title=History of the Fluids Engineering Division|year=2016|last1=Cooper|first1=Paul|last2=Samuel Martin|first2=C.|last3=O'Hern|first3=Timothy J.|journal=Journal of Fluids Engineering|volume=138|issue=10|doi-access=free}}

He married Eleanor Greene. His wife died in 1937.{{cite news |title=Mrs. Lewis F. Moody |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE4D7143EE03ABC4F53DFB766838C629EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 7, 1937 }} His daughter, Eleanor Lowry Moody, married in 1944.{{cite news |title=Eleanor L. Moody A Bride. Wd. to Lt. Edward Broadhurst |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE4D8103CE03ABC4B53DFB766838F659EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 3, 1944 }} He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1945.

He was awarded an Honorary Membership of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 1951.[http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/Honorary_Member.cfm asme.org - Honorary Members]

He died on 18 April 1953.

Legacy

Five years after his death, ASME created an Award to his honours: The Lewis F. Moody award, which is awarded for outstanding original papers useful to the practice of mechanical engineering by the Fluids Engineering Division (FED).[http://secure.asme.org/honors_sup/hdetails.cfm?id=349 asme.org - Lewis F. Moody award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807154708/http://secure.asme.org/honors_sup/hdetails.cfm?id=349 |date=2007-08-07 }}

Lewis Ferry Moody

Biography

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