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Robert Henry Thurston's Degrees

Bachelors Civil Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Masters Civil Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PhD Civil Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Henry Thurston was an American engineer, and the first Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He was assistant professor at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and a published specialist on iron and steel as well as steam engines, when he was invited in 1871 by Stevens' president Henry Morton to head mechanical engineering at Stevens. The same year Thurston was appointed the first professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Scientific Books: Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1900) (81)
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine (61)
The Thermal Efficiency of Steam Engines (61)
Design, construction, and operation (30)
The Steam Turbine (1900) (22)
THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF STEAM-ENGINES. (1898) (17)
ENGINEERING NOTES. (9)
The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book (1895) (8)
WORKING OF PATENTS ACTS. (1901) (6)
Proceedings of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (1901) (6)
The Proceedings of the Royal Society (1902) (6)
A manual of the steam-engine (5)
Scientific Books: Annual Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering of the U.S. Navy Department, 1900 (4)
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: THE ART OF REVELATION AND OF PROPHECY, II. (1902) (4)
NOTES ON ENGINEERING. (1895) (4)
A treatise on friction and lost work in machinery and millwork (4)
Experiments on the Strength of Yellow Pine (1880) (4)
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: THE ART OF REVELATION AND OF PROPHECY. (4)
THE ANIMAL AS A MACHINE AND PRIME MOVER. (1895) (3)
THE PROMISE AND POTENCY OF HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM. (1897) (3)
Structure and theory (3)
Heat as a form of energy (3)
'LATENT HEAT' AND THE VAPOR-ENGINE CYCLE. (1902) (3)
A NEW MOTOR. (1884) (3)
THE APPRENTICESHIP QUESTION. (1897) (3)
Thermodynamics of Heat-engines (1903) (3)
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MECHANICS. (1900) (2)
A NEGLECTED DEPARTMENT. (1900) (2)
American Education and What Shall It Be (1901) (2)
THEORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE. (1899) (2)
Strength and determination of the dimensions of structures of iron and steel with reference to the latest investigations : an elementary appendix to all text-books upon iron and steel construction (2)
THE STATUS OF AERONAUTICS IN 1884. (1885) (2)
On the effect of prolonged stress upon the strength and elasticity of pine timber (1881) (2)
APPLIED SCIENCE IN THE NAVY. (1898) (2)
A treatise on iron and steel (2)
On a maximum steam-jacket efficiency (1891) (2)
The improvement of the steam engine and the education of engineers (1872) (2)
ALUMINIUM-MAGNESIUM ALLOYS. (1900) (2)
An Inquiry into the Conditions relating to the Water Supply of the City of New York (1900) (2)
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS VS. BUSINESS. (1899) (2)
COMFORT AND PRODUCTIVITY. (1900) (2)
ITHACA, N. Y., WATER-SUPPLIES. (1903) (2)
THE WORK OF OCTAVE HALLAUER. (1884) (2)
THE AGE OF STEEL. (1884) (1)
LILIENTHAL, THE AVIATOR. (1896) (1)
The Gas and Oil Engine: By DUGALD CLERK (1896) (1)
The animal as a prime mover (1895) (1)
THERMODYNAMICS OF THE GAS-ENGINE. (1901) (1)
Torsional resistance of materials determined by a new apparatus with automatic registry (1873) (1)
SOME SINGULAR NICKEL-STEEL ALLOYS. (1903) (1)
Thermodynamics of the Steam-Engine and Other Heat-Engines (1898) (1)
SUPPRESSION OF SMOKE. (1899) (1)
LIMITATIONS OF THERMODYNAMICS. (1899) (1)
SIR CHARLES WILLIAM SIEMENS. (1884) (1)
THE NEW VAPOR-ENGINES. (1902) (1)
Apparatus illustrating mechanical principles (1871) (1)
THE JOHN FRITZ MEDAL. (1902) (1)
Philosophy of the multi-cylinder, or compound, engine; its theory and its limitations (1)
ENGINEERING AND THE PROFESSIONS IN EDUCATION. (1899) (1)
SINGULAR STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONS OF RUBBER. (1898) (1)
Animal as a Machine and a Prime Motor (1)
On the theory of the finance of lubrication, and on the valuation of lubricants by consumers (1885) (1)
CORNELL WORK FOR AGRICULTURE. (1903) (1)
THURSTON'S FRICTION AND LOST WORK. (1)
SINGULAR STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONS OF INDIA RUBBER (1897) (1)
The Steam-engine Problem (1901) (1)
On the thermal and mechanical properties of air and other permanent gas, subjected to compression or expansion (1874) (1)
The Steam Engine and Other Heat Engines (1895) (1)
The Mechanics of Machinery . By Alex. B. W. Kennedy. London, Macmillan. 16°. (1887) (0)
AUTHORITIES ON THE STEAM-JACKET: FACTS AND CURRENT OPINIONS. (0)
The Steam Turbine: The Steam Engine of Maximum Simplicity and of Highest Thermal Efficiency (1901) (0)
Report of Competitive Tests of Street Car Brakes . By the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York. 1899. Albany, Brandon Printing Co., Department Printer, 1900. 8vo. Pp. 60; 67 sheets of diagrams. (1900) (0)
Strength combined with economy of material in constructing the details of steam engines (1863) (0)
Thermal analysis of a “tandem” compound engine (1893) (0)
The Entropy-Temperature Analysis of Steam-Engine Efficiencies . Prepared by Sidney A. Reeve, M.E. New York, Progressive Age Co. 1897. 8vo. Pp. 20, with large folded diagram. (1898) (0)
Stones for Building and Decoration . By George P. Merrill, Curator of Geology, U. S. Museum. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. New York, J. Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman & Hall. 1897. 8vo. Pp. ix + 506. (1898) (0)
ECONOMICS IN MANUFACTURES. (1899) (0)
COLLEGE WORK FOR AGRICULTURISTS. (1902) (0)
Heat-wastes in steam-engine cylinders☆ (1896) (0)
Traction engines or road locomotives (0)
Discussion on Cañons of The Colorado (0)
BEDELL COMPOSITE TRANSMISSIONS. (1903) (0)
A note on the resistance of materials (1874) (0)
Steam-engines of the French navy (1868) (0)
The commercial and dynamic efficiencies of the steam engine (1883) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL PLANT. (0)
On A New Method of Detecting Overstrain In Iron and Other Metals and on Its Application In the Investigation of the Causes of Accidents to Bridges and Other Constructions (0)
Letter from United States Commissioner (1873) (0)
THE MODERN VERSION OF THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. (1896) (0)
A Handbook of Engine and Boiler Trials, and of the Indicator and Prony Brake. By R. H THURSTON. New York, Wiley. 8‡. $5 (1890) (0)
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. (1885) (0)
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. (1898) (0)
On the several efficiencies of the steam engine, and on the conditions of maximum economy (1882) (0)
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. (1896) (0)
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION. (1901) (0)
Steam and the Marine Steam Engine (1895) (0)
MANUAL AND MECHANICAL PRODUCTIVITY (1900) (0)
The Entropy-Diagram and its Applications (1899) (0)
On the Variation Due To Orthogonal Strains In the Elastic Limit in Metals, and Its Practical Value and More Important Applications (0)
EXPERIMENTS ON THE STRENGTH OF YELLOW PINE. (1880) (0)
Strength and Ductility of the Copper-Tin-Zinc Alloys (0)
Scientific Books: Report of Competitive Tests of Street Car Brakes (1900) (0)
On the Permanent Effects of Strain in Metals (0)
On the losses of propelling power in the paddle-wheel (0)
The Rate of Set of Metals Subjected To Strain for Considerable Periods of Time (0)
Scientific Books: Annual Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering (1901) (0)
Annual Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy Department (1901) (0)
Steam-Turbines to Date (1903) (0)
Molecular Changes in Metals (1875) (0)
The U. S. Coast-Line Battle-Ship 'Oregon' (1896) (0)
Experimental steam boiler explosions (1872) (0)
The graphics of the efficiencies of the steam engine (1894) (0)
On the Real Value of Lubricants and the Correct Method of Comparing Prices (0)
THEORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE (1899) (0)
The Status of Aeronautics in 1884 (1885) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. SUPERHEATED-STEAM ENGINE TRIALS. (0)
Non-metallic materials : stone; timber; fuels; lubricants; etc. (0)
THURSTON'S METALLIC ALLOYS. (0)
New determinations of the coefficients of friction of lubricated journals, and on the laws governing such friction (1878) (0)
HEAT-ENGINE DIAGRAMS. (1900) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REGULATION OF STEAM ENGINES. (0)
On A Newly Discovered Relation Between the Tenacity of Metals and Their Resistance To Torsion (0)
The International Congress of Mechanics (1900) (0)
Economics of “automatic” engines (1892) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. HIGH SPEED ENGINES. (0)
On the economy resulting from expansion of steam (1861) (0)
Whittaker's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-Book . By Philip R. Björling. London, Whittaker & Co.; New York, The Macmillan Co. 1898. 32mo. Pp. 377. Illustrations. Price, $1.75. (1898) (0)
Discussion of "Screw Steamship And Tow Barge Efficiency In the Northwestern Lakes of America" (1891) (0)
Iron manufactures in Great Britain (1871) (0)
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DEGREES. (1899) (0)
The Flow of Solids and Its Effect upon the Strength of Materials (0)
Instruction in mechanical engineering (1884) (0)
Non-ferrous metals and alloys : copper; tin; zinc; etc.; brass; bronze; etc. (0)
On the development of the theory of the steam engine and its application. An historical outline sketch (1884) (0)
Steam-boiler Economy (1901) (0)
The Entropy-Temperature Analysis of Steam-Engine Efficiencies (1899) (0)
Model Engine Construction .—J. Alexander.—New York and London, Whitaker & Co. 1894. Illustrated by 21 sheets of drawings and 59 engravings in the text. 12mo, pp. viii + 324. Price, $3.00. (1895) (0)
Scientific Literature: Report of Naval Court of Inquiry Upon the Destruction of the United States Battleship `Maine,' in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898, Together with the Testimony Taken Before the Court (1898) (0)
On a new type of steam engine, theoretically capable of utilizing the full mechanical equivalent of heat-energy, and on some points in theory indicating its practicability (1877) (0)
Up-to-Date Air-Brake Catechism . By Robert H. Blackall, Air-Brake Inspector and Instructor on the D. & H. Ry. New York, N. W. Henley & Co. 12mo. Pp. 230. Illustrated (1898) (0)
Graphics of thermodynamic law (0)
XX.—Note relating to a Newly‐Discovered Absolute Limit to Economical Expansion in Steam‐Engines. (1882) (0)
AN EXPLOSION OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST. (1900) (0)
Stationary steam engines (0)
NOTE RELATING TO A PECULIARITY DISTINGUISHING ANNEALED FROM UNANNEALED IRON. (1883) (0)
The Calorific Power of Fuels (1898) (0)
ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND FINANCE OF VOTING MACHINES. (1899) (0)
AMATEURISM AND MENTAL INERTIA IN PUBLIC SERVICE. (1901) (0)
On Variable Load, Internal Friction, and Engine Speed and Work (1888) (0)
A computation of joule's equivalent (1892) (0)
Discussion of Availability of the Canons of the Colorado River of the West for Railway Purposes by Robert B. Stanton (0)
Monument to Hirn. (1893) (0)
The theory of turbines (1883) (0)
THE CARNEGIE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. (1901) (0)
H. B. M. iron-clad “Monarch” (1870) (0)
Construction of a large prony brake (1886) (0)
Scientific Books: Annual Reports of the War Department: Report of the Chief of Ordnance (1901) (0)
On a newly discovered absolute limit to economical. Expansion in the steam engine and in other heat-motors (1882) (0)
Scientific Books: Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Patents (1901) (0)
Technological Schools: Their Purpose and Its Accomplishment (1893) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. FORGING BY HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. (0)
Velocity Diagrams . By Chas. W. MacCord, A.M., Sc.D. New York, J. Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman & Hall. 1901. Svo. Pp. 113. Figs. 83. $1.50. (1902) (0)
Note relating to “water-hammer” in steam pipes (1883) (0)
AMERICAN ELECTRICIANS IN LONDON. (1900) (0)
ENGINEERING NOTES. (0)
On the Mechanical Properties of Materials of Construction, and on the Various Previously Unobserved Phenomena Noticed During Experimental Researches with A New Testing Machine, With Automatic Registry (1874) (0)
The messrs. Stevens, of hoboken, as engineers, naval architects and philanthropists (1874) (0)
Papers on Engineering (0)
Discussion of On the Permanent Effects of Strain in Metals by Robert H. Thurston (0)
The University Scientific Magazine (1896) (0)
The Strength and Other Properties of Materials of Construction, As Deduced From Strain Diagrams, Automatically Produced By the Autographic Recording Testing Machine (0)
Note relating to Rumford's determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat (1874) (0)
AGRICULTURAL ELECTROTECHNICS. (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. THE THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF STEAM ENGINES. (0)
On the friction of non-condensing engines (1886) (0)
Note on centrifugal force in turbines (1883) (0)
APPLIED SCIENCE IN MUNICIPAL WORK. (1900) (0)
The Mission of Science (1884) (0)
Discussion of "An Instructive Eye-Bar Test" (0)
The Strongest of the Bronzes: A Newly Discovered Alloy of Maximum Strength (0)
Technical Education (1887) (0)
FUNCTIONS OF TECHNICAL SCIENCE IN EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS. (1903) (0)
Education for Professional Life and Life and Work (1902) (0)
Graduate and Post-Graduate Degrees (1894) (0)
The Theta-Phi Diagram practically applied toc Steam, Oil, Gas and Air-Engines (1899) (0)
Kinematics of Machinery (1899) (0)
A Practical Method for Reducing the Internal Wastes of the Steam-Engines (1890) (0)
On the strength of American timber (1879) (0)
On the mechanical properties of materials of construction (1874) (0)
GRAPHICS OF THERMODYNAMICS. (1903) (0)
PATENTS AND THE INDUSTRIES. (1900) (0)
On the distribution of internal friction of engines (1888) (0)
Pressure attainable by the use of the “drop press” (1883) (0)
The Expansion of Steam (0)
Concerning TT1−T0T1; or, the limit of efficiency in heat engines (1879) (0)
Scientific Books: Twelfth Annual Report on the Railways of the United States (1900) (0)
Elementary graphics and geometry of thermodynamics (0)
On the efficiencies of the steam boiler and on the conditions of maximum economy (1882) (0)
Steam Power and Millwork : By Geo. W. Sutcliffe.. Whittaker & Co., London; Macmillan & Co., New York. 12mo, pp. xv. 886. 1895. $4.50. (1895) (0)
Comfort and Productivity (1900) (0)
A Neglected Department (1900) (0)
On the behavior of steam in the steaini engine cylinder, and on curves of efficiency (1882) (0)
The Equipment of Engineering Schools (1893) (0)
Iron and steel (0)
On the ratio of expansion at maximum efficiency (1881) (0)
Evolution of Technical Education in Economics, Politics, and Statecraft (1899) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. STEAM ENGINE ECONOMY: CONDENSING ENGINES. (0)
Free-hand Perspective (1900) (0)
Philosophy of the multi-cylinder, or compound, engine; its theory and its limitations☆ (0)
THERMODYNAMIC ACTION OF 'STEAM-GAS.'. (1899) (0)
A new marine signal light (1866) (0)
Discussion of Experiments With New Apparatus on Journal Friction at Low Velooitieè. by A. M. Wellington (0)
CONTEMPORARY THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCIES. (1901) (0)
The Character of Metals as Exhibited by Their Fracture (0)
THURSTON'S MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. (0)
Notes on Naval Progress (1902) (0)
The standard of efficiency for steam-engines and other heat-motors (1896) (0)
Strain Diagrams and their Revelations (1874) (0)
Efficiency of furnaces burning wet fuel: As determined by experiments on a large scale (1874) (0)
The Ohio State University Commencement Address by Robert H. Thurston, Spring 1892 (1892) (0)
Popular Instruction in Natural History (1896) (0)
JOHANN VON RADINGER. (0)
Note On the Resistance of Materials As Affected By Flow and By Rapidity of Distortion (0)
Scientific Books: Engine Tests (1900) (0)
Efficiency of furnaces burning wet fuel (0)
The Mechanics of Pumping Machinery . By J. Weisbach and G. Herrmann. Authorized Translation by K. P. Dahlstrom, M. E. Macmillan & Co. 1897. Pp. 300. 8vo. $3.75. (1897) (0)
A treatise on brasses, bronzes, and other alloys, and their constituent metals (0)
Alfred Tresca (1897) (0)
APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS. (0)
THE MECHANICS OF MACHINERY. (1887) (0)
The Calorific Power of Fuels . By Herman Poole, F.C.S., etc. New York, J. Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman & Hall. 1898. 8vo. Pp. xv+255. (1898) (0)
Our New Prosperity (1900) (0)
Auto-Cars, Cars, Tram-Cars and Small Cars (1896) (0)
The cheapest point of cut-off (1884) (0)
Iron manufactures in Great Britain. Third paper (1871) (0)
Thermodynamic Action of 'Steam-Gas.' (1899) (0)
The Efficiency of the Steam-Engine (1885) (0)
Discussion of Efficiency of Furnaces Burning Wet Fuel, As Determined By Experiments on A Large Scale by Robert H. Thurston (0)
Steam boilers as magazines of explosive energy (1884) (0)
Discussion on Strain in Metals (0)
RETIREMENT OF MONSIEUR HATON. (1902) (0)
CHILLED ARMOR FOR LAND-DEFENCES. (1887) (0)
Note Relative to the Estimation of the Commercial Value of Coals Containing Large Quantities of Ash (1874) (0)
Sulphur-dioxide and the binary engine (1903) (0)
Free-hand Perspective . By Victor T. Wilson. New York and London, Wiley and Sons; Chapman & Hall. 1900. 8vo. Pp. xii + 257. Ill., 139. (1900) (0)
Discussion of Resistance of Beams to Flexure by John G. Barnard (0)
Discussion At The Seventh Annual Convention — Flexure Of Beams (0)

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