Charles Talbot Porter
Charles Talbot Porter | |
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.jpg) Charles Talbot Porter (1826-1910) | |
| Born | January 18, 1826 Auburn, New York |
| Died | August 28, 1910 (aged 84) |
| Occupations | Lawyer, engineer, inventor |
| Known for | Invented the high-speed steam engine |
Charles Talbot Porter (January 18, 1826 – August 28, 1910) was an American lawyer, engineer, and inventor of mechanical devices, particularly the Porter-Allen high speed steam engine.[1][2]
Born in Auburn, New York, Porter was the son of the John Porter, a lawyer and politician. He obtained his law degree from Hamilton College in 1845, started his career as lawyer, and grew out to be one of the foremost of modern American engineers of his days.[3][4]
Porter was elected an honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1890.[5] He was recipient of the 1909 John Fritz Medal.[6]
Selected publications
- Charles Talbot Porter. Description of Richards' improved steam-engine indicator
- Porter, Charles T. A treatise on the Richards steam-engine indicator, with directions for its use, New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1883.
- Charles Talbot Porter. Description of the Porter-Allen steam engine as made by the Southwark Foundry and Machine Co., Philadelphia. C.C. Chalfant, printer, 1885.
- Porter, Charles T. Engineering Reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist". New York, J. Wiley, 1910.
- Works about Charles Talbot Porter
- Mayr, Otto. "„Von Charles Talbot Porter zu Johann Friedrich Radinger: Die Anfänge der schnelllaufenden Dampfmaschine und der Maschinendynamik”." Technikgeschichte 40.1 (1973): 1-32.
- Mayr, Otto. "Yankee practice and engineering theory: Charles T. Porter and the dynamics of the high-speed steam engine." Technology and culture (1975): 570-602.
References
- ↑ Lester Gray French. Machinery. Vol. 17, 1911. p. 160
- ↑ Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Nr. 12, 1971. p. 13.
- ↑ The National Engineer, Vol. 16. 1912. p. 724
- ↑ American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1910. p. 1399
- ↑ "To Perpetuate Great Names—Past-Presidents and Honorary Members of the A.S.M.E." Mechanical Engineering. 52 (4): 277–304. April 1930.
- ↑ John Fritz Medal Board (1917). The John Fritz Medal: 1902–17. Vol. 1. p. 57.
External links
- Works by Charles Talbot Porter at Project Gutenberg
- Charles Talbot Porter at asme.org
- Charles Talbot Porter at gracesguide.co.uk
Categories:
- 1826 births
- 1910 deaths
- American mechanical engineers
- Hamilton College (New York) alumni
- People from Auburn, New York
- John Fritz Medal recipients
- Engineers from New York (state)
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Honorary members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American mechanical engineer stubs