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John Dolbeer (March 12, 1827 – August 17, 1902) was a partner in the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., one of the early major Humboldt County, California lumber operations based in Eureka. While in that business, he invented the logging engine, more commonly known as the steam donkey or donkey engine. This invaluable equipment, especially with ...
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A stationary engineer (also called an operating engineer, power engineer or process operator) is a technically trained professional who operates, troubleshoots and oversees industrial machinery and equipment that provide and utilize energy in various forms. The title "power engineer" has different meanings in the United States and in Canada.
James Boydell (died January 1860) was a British inventor of steam traction engines. His most significant invention was the first practical track-laying vehicle , for which he received British patents in August 1846 and February 1854.
Guy Stewart Callendar (/ ˈ k æ l ə n d ər /; 9 February 1898 – 3 October 1964) was an English steam engineer and inventor. [1] His main contribution to human knowledge was developing the theory that linked rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to global temperature.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is founded 1884: First performance test code: Code for the Conduct of Trials of Steam Boilers 1900: First revision of an ASME standard, Standard Method of Conducting Steam Boiler Tests 1911: Establishment of a committee to propose a Boiler Code 1913: New Committee to revise the Boiler Code 1914
Abner Doble (March 26, 1890 – July 16, 1961) was an American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles as Doble Steam Cars. [1] His steam engine design was used in various automobiles from the early 1900s, including a 1969 General Motors prototype and the first successful steam-powered aeroplane.
Arthur Woolf (1766, Camborne, Cornwall – 16 October 1837, Guernsey) was a Cornish engineer, most famous for inventing a high-pressure compound steam engine. In this way he made an outstanding contribution to the development and perfection of the Cornish engine. [1] Woolf left Cornwall in 1785 to work for Joseph Bramah's engineering works in ...