Jean Aubert (engineer)

Jean Aubert
Born	1894
Died	1984
Nationality	French
Education	Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, University of Paris (Bachelor of law)
Occupation	Engineer
Known for	Engineer on river and canal works

Jean Aubert was a French engineer. In 1961 he used the idea of the German engineer Julius Greve from the last century to describe a pente d'eau, (English: water slope) which was a way of moving boats up the gradient of a canal without locks. The design consisted of a sloping channel through which a wedge of water on which the boat was floating could be pushed up an incline. This concept was used in both the Montech water slope and the Fonserannes water slopes.

David Tew, 1984, Canal Inclines and Lifts, Gloucester: Alan Sutton.

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