Wilfrid Noel Bond

{{Short description|English physicist (1897–1937)}}

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| name = Wilfrid Noel Bond

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| caption = Bond {{circa|1920}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1897|12|27}}

| birth_place = St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1937|8|25|1897|12|27}}

| death_place = Minehead, Somerset

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| fields = Fluid mechanics

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Wilfrid Noel Bond (27 December 1897 – 25 August 1937) was an English physicist and engineer known for his work in fluid mechanics. He received his Doctor of Science from the University of London, and was a lecturer at the University of Reading from 1921 until his death.{{cite journal|last=Hager|first=Willi H.|year=2012|title=Wilfrid Noel Bond and the Bond number|journal=Journal of Hydraulic Research|volume=50|issue=1|pages=3–9|issn=0022-1686|doi=10.1080/00221686.2011.649839|s2cid=122193400}}{{cite journal|year=1937|title=Dr. W. N. Bond|journal=Nature|volume=140|issue=3547|pages=716|issn=0028-0836|doi=10.1038/140716a0|bibcode = 1937Natur.140Q.716. |doi-access=free}} The Bond number, used in fluid mechanics to characterize the shape of bubbles and drops, is named after him.{{cite book|last=Kunes|first=Josef|title=Dimensionless Physical Quantities in Science and Engineering|date=2012-02-13|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9780123914583|page=95}}