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Benoit Fourneyron -LRB- October 31 , 1802 -- July 31 , 1867 -RRB- was a French engineer , born in Saint-Etienne , Loire .. Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne. engineer. engineer. Fourneyron made significant contributions to the development of water turbines .. Benoit Fourneyron was educated at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne , a nearby engineering school that had recently opened .. Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne. Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne. Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne. After he graduated in 1816 , he spent the next few years in mines and ironworks .. mines. Mining. Around this time , a number of French engineers -- including some of Fourneyron 's former teachers -- were starting to apply the mathematical techniques of modern science to the ancient mechanism called the waterwheel .. waterwheel. waterwheel. For centuries , waterwheels had been used to convert the energy of streams into mechanical power , mostly for milling grain .. But the new machines of the Industrial Revolution required more power , and by the 1820s there was enormous interest in making waterwheels more efficient .. Industrial Revolution. Industrial Revolution