Jules Carvallo
Jules Carvallo (1820 in Talence, Gironde – 1916) was a French engineer.
After having graduated with the highest honors at the
Carvallo was the author of many dissertations printed in the Comptes-Rendus do l'Académic des Sciences and in many other scientific publications. Among his numerous contributions the most noteworthy were those on the piling up and solidification of embankments; on the formula of the maximum of stability and minimum of expense in public works; on the laws of oscillation of chain bridges, etc.
Amid his numerous works, Carvallo found time to devote himself to Jewish interests. He was one of the founders of the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer and Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "Carvallo, Jules". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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