Chronicles of mechanical engineering in the United States / edited by Thomas H. Fehring, Terry S. Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers. History and Heritage Committee, book producer.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Fehring, Thomas H., editor.

Reynolds, Terry S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical engineering--History.

Mechanical engineering.

History.

Mechanical engineers--United States.

Mechanical engineers.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 405 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, [2021]

Summary:

"From the time it was organized in 1880, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recorded aspects of the history of the mechanical engineering profession and the careers of some of its notable practitioners. The Society's historical efforts were formalized in 1971 with the creation of a History and Heritage Committee. This volume commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of that committee and collects, in a single place, many of the historical contributions published over the past fifty years in ASME's flagship magazine, Mechanical Engineering. In preparation for the United States' bicentennial year, and later the Society's centennial, the editors of Mechanical Engineering contracted with engineer-historian Fritz Hirschfeld for a long series of articles about the county's early mechanical engineering heritage and the lives of notable mechanical engineers, particularly those associated with ASME's founding. Hirschfeld's articles form the foundation of this volume. To supplement Hirschfeld's work, the editors have added numerous other historical articles published in Mechanical Engineering. The engineering innovations described by these articles have been enormously important to the development of modern technological society, and the stories behind their development should be of interest to engineers interested in the history of their profession, as well as anyone interested in American history." --Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

"This book is published in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the History and Heritage Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It is dedicated to all those who have worked to document and preserve the history of mechanical engineering." -- Page [vii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780791884843

0791884848

9798585356056

9780791885086

0791885089

9789798585357

9798585356

OCLC:

1261362414

Publisher Number:

99988903658