Author:Robert Henry Thurston

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Robert Henry Thurston (1839–1903)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. First professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (in 1871). There he established Stevens’ mechanical engineering curriculum. Historians credit Thurston with establishing the first US mechanical engineering laboratory for conducting funded research at an academic institution for higher learning.

Works

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• “The Growth of the Steam-Engine I,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, November 1877
• “The Growth of the Steam-Engine II,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, December 1877
• “The Growth of the Steam-Engine III,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, January 1878
• “The Growth of the Steam-Engine IV,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, February 1878
• “The Growth of the Steam-Engine V,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, March 1878
• “The Growth of the Steam-Engine VI,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 13, May 1878

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