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Mar 28, 2012. Author: Michael MacRae. Tags: About ASME Building Equipment Contractors Economic Program Administration Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Oil and Gas Extraction. 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.
William Kelly (1811 – 1888), a 19th-century American inventor, is one of them. His invention of the pneumatic process of steelmaking revolutionized the industry. It is a process in which air is blown through molten pig iron to oxidize and remove unwanted impurities. Also patented by Sir Henry Bessemer of Great Britain, this process produced ...
If Britain's Sir Henry Bessemer was the father of the steel industry, then Alexander Lyman Holley was the chief architect and engineer of its rise in the U.S. During his brief but remarkably productive career, Holley brought Bessemer's revolutionary steel manufacturing process to the states, improved upon it, and played a critical role in ...
Honorary Membership is awarded for a lifetime of service to engineering or related fields--e.g. science, research, public service. This achievement is described as "distinguished service that contributes significantly to the attainment of the goals of the engineering profession." Ranking closely with Honorary Membership is the ASME Medal which ...
Jul 19, 2012. Author: Michael Abrams. Tags: About ASME Building Equipment Contractors Electrical Equipment and Appliance Manufacturing Oil and Gas Extraction. 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 ...
Suddenly cotton became a lucrative crop and a major export for the South. However, because of this increased demand, many more slaves were needed to grow cotton and harvest the fields. Slave ownership became a fiery national issue and eventually led to the Civil War. It was only a matter of chance that Whitney became involved with cotton growing.
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About ASME Electric Power Natural Gas Distribution. Born in the English town of Dartmouth, Thomas Newcomen (1664 – 1729) is largely forgotten by history, which is strange because he invented the atmospheric steam engine, kept in use for more than 200 years. It's even been postulated by some to be a forerunner of the automobile and other means ...
This medal commemorates Alexander Lyman Holley (1832-1882), who chaired the first meeting of ASME’s founders, Feb. 16, 1880, and was the principal author of the Society’s first by-laws. Mr. Holley is recognized for introducing the Bessemer process of steelmaking to the United States, thus making large quantities of steel economically ...
engine was replaced by a Bessemer Type IV, twin cylin-der, oil engine in 1925. Machinery developed in the 1920’s made the price of hand-picked cotton, with a min-imum of trash, higher than the charge for mechanically-picked cotton with mechanical trash removal at the gin. The Burton Farmers Gin added the equipment needed to