Pitot tube
Tubo de Pitot
- Date
- 1732 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Henri Pitot
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Working on water flow problems in aqueducts, French engineer Henri Pitot devised a tube that measures fluid velocity by detecting stagnation pressure. Henry Darcy modified it to its modern form in 1858, and today it is the standard instrument for measuring airspeed in aviation.
What it led to
- Modern Pitot-Darcy tube form (1858)
- Airspeed measurement in aviation