Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Ed0248
Some time ago someone on the mailing list stated that "pitot" was not a word and that is was really Ptot, the symbol used to represent the pressure,that was modified to become "pitot." Sounded reasonable so I didn't give it another thought. Today I ran acrosssomething about an 18th century French physicist, Henri Pitot, inventing (ordeveloping) the pitot tube. This got me to wondering which was true so Ilooked up pitot in the dictionary. Sure enough, the word was there with areference to Henri Pitot!As I am always a stickler for references...Dictionary used: Webster's College Dictionary by Random House, 1991.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: LanhamOS
Looks like, as usual in this complicated world, there is more than one road toa destination. I'll have to look up the hisory of this apparently fascinatingindividual. But, P(sub)tot still means total pressure. I do want to find outmore about M. Pitot. Thanks for your info.Ed________________________________________________________________________________