Henry Darcy Was

question 68

Multiple Choice

Henry Darcy was .

• A) a hydrogeologist who built caissons on the floor of the Fraser River to provide the first filtered water for the city of Richmond, BC
• B) an Oxford educated English aristocrat who studied water flow while designing canals in the Midlands for Charles II
• C) a French engineer who studied the flow of water in pipes and filter beds to provide a municipal water supply for Dijon, France
• D) an engineer for the Hershey Co. who studied the flow of molten chocolate through beds of crushed peanuts (and for whom the Oh Henry candy bar was named)

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