Robert Fulton - ASME
May 14, 2012 · Overcoming several failures early in his career, American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (1765 – 1815) is credited with developing the first successful commercial steamboat in the early1800s. Fulton was born near Lancaster, PA, on November 14, 1765. At an early age, he was known to enjoy building mechanical devices.
The Genesis of the Steamboat - ASME - The American Society of ...
Dec 28, 2010 · Take, for example, Robert Fulton, the “inventor” of the steamboat. The real innovators behind steam propulsion were John Fitch and James Rumsey. They began meaningful experiments around 1786; Fulton’s successful demonstration with the …
How the Cotton Gin Started the Civil War - ASME - The American …
Dec 28, 2010 · [Adapted from “A Turn of the Crank Started the Civil War” by Robert O. Woods, ASME Fellow, for Mechanical Engineering, September 2009.] Only after comparing the economy of the American South before and after the introduction of …
Eli Whitney - ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Jul 19, 2012 · Even more than the cotton gin, the mass production put into motion by Massachusetts farm boy Eli Whitney (1765 – 1825) in his push to manufacture muskets was certainly one of the biggest steps in the development of the modern industrial age.
Peter Cooper - ASME
Apr 19, 2012 · Peter Cooper was not only an engineer, an inventor, an industrialist, and a successful business owner with many accomplishments, but he was well loved. Giving back and supporting social reform during
YouTube Star Goes Viral with Glitter Bomb, Part 1 - ASME
Feb 15, 2019 · Rober’s inventions are typically mechanically complex: a dartboard that moves to catch or avoid a player’s darts (which took three years to build); a rock-skipping robot; a lemon-powered car. But there’s a zaniness to them too, like something out of a child’s fantasy: the world’s largest super soaker, a snowball machine gun.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe - ASME
May 23, 2012 · Latrobe knew and shared similar business ambitions as Robert Fulton. By 1813, he had grown tired of Washington life and was inspired by the prospect of earning a shipbuilding fortune. He took a short-lived job in Pittsburgh as an agent in Fulton's steamboat company, remaining in the area for the next few years building boats, taking on ...
Society. Robert Thurston, who pioneered new curricula in mechanical engineering at both the Stevens Institute of Technology and Cornell, was the first president ofASME and three other Cornell faculty members were early presidents of the Society. The Reuleaux models have been on display for over 120 years and in October 2004 were installed
Charles A. Parsons - ASME
Jun 7, 2012 · A naturally gifted student, Parsons was privately tutored by some of England's most prominent scientists, including astronomer Sir Robert Hall. Parsons showed his mechanical genius at an early age—in 1866, at age of 12, he and his brothers reportedly built a four-horsepower steam carriage that travelled at a speed of 10 mph.
Henry Bessemer - ASME
Mar 28, 2012 · At the time of his death in 1898, Sir Henry Bessemer – the father of the steel industry – had 100 British patents, a small fortune, and a knighthood to his credit.