Posts Tagged ‘Engineering’
Plate Thickness for Boilers at Different Pressures and Diameters circa 1871
Artizan Magazine Cover circa 1870
Oscillating Engines 260 HP Black Eagle by Penn and Sons
Profile James Mapes Dodge circa 1903
[reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 24 May-Oct. 1903. Article by By S. Howard-Smith] Mechanical instinct and crea-tive facility were manifested at an early period in the life of Mr. James Mapes Dodge. The leisure of his school-boy days was largely employed in applying mechanical movements and principles to “things of use and things of play,”…
Read MoreProfile Edward Weston, Weston Electrical Instrument Company circa 1910
Dr. Edward Weston, well known as an electrical engineer and inventor, was born at Brynn Castle, near Oswestry, Shropshire, England, in 1850. His education was originally directed toward the profession of medicine, but his strong inclination toward electrical subjects led him to abandon this intention, and to come to the United States, where he was…
Read MoreW. Cawthorne Unwin Portrait circa 1895
Profile Charles Algernon Parsons
[as reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 17 Nov. 1899-Apr. 1900] One of the distinct achievements in steam engineering during the latter part of the nineteenth century has been the commercial development of the steam turbine and its application to useful purposes on a comparatively large scale. With this work the name of Charles Algernon Parsons…
Read MoreProfile of A.E. Kennelly
[as reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 6 May-Oct. 1894] Among the several electrical engineers who have rapidly risen to prominence within recent years, Mr. A. E. Kennelly, whose portrait appears in this number, occupies a conspicuous position. Mr. Kennelly was born in Bombay, India, in 1861, and it is from his father, at that time…
Read MoreJames Prescott Joule by Lord Kelvin
[as reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 6 May-Oct. 1894. Article By Lord Kelvin] The unveiling, last December, of a statue of Dr. James Prescott Joule, at Manchester, England, has given that city the possession of a work of art which will ever remain an ornament and an honor to it. Joule’s work began in Manchester,…
Read MoreBiography of Henry Morton, President of the Stevens Intitute of Technology circa 1894
[as reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 6 May-Oct. 1894. Article By Prof. Coleman Sellers, E.D.] Dr. Henry Morton was born in the city of New York, at the residence of his maternal grandfather, on Varick street, facing what was then St. John’s Park, now occupied by the immense freight depot of the Hudson River railroad.…
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