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Edwin Reynolds (engineer)

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Edwin Reynolds (March 23, 1831 – February 19, 1909) was an American mechanical engineer, consulting engineer and inventor, and president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1902-03. He is known for the development of the Corliss-Reynolds triple expansion pumping engine for water works.^[1]

Biography

Reynolds was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, son of Christopher and Charissa (Huntington) Reynolds. He received some years of education at the common school, and started working early as farm hand. In 1847 he was offered a three-year apprenticeship at a machine shop that repaired machinery of the local textile mills. He was promoted foreman at the age of 18. Subsequently, he worked at papermaking machinery manufacturing in South Windham for a year, was department head at Woodruff & Beach Iron Works in Hartford, Connecticut, and worked in several machine shops from Massachusetts to Ohio.^[2]

In 1857 he moved to Aurora, Indiana, where he became superintendent at the Stedham & Co machine and repair shop. During the civil war he worked as engineer in New York and Boston. In 1867 he was appointed by George H. Corliss as engineer and salesman at the Corliss Engine Works at Providence, where he was promoted to superintendent in 1871. In 1877 moved to Reliance Works of Edward P. Allis in Milwaukee, where he was appointed general manager and superintendent.^[3] He served at the Allis Company, where he eventually became second vice president and director of he Allis Company, until 1902.^[4]^[5]

In his last years he worked as a consulting engineer, and was president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1902-03.^[2] He died in 1909 in Milwaukee.

Publications

Patents

US 125084 A, Improvement in governors for steam-engines. 1872
US 398903 A, Valve mechanism for ore-staivips, 1889
US 505004 A, Compound engine, 1893
[https://www.google.tl/patents/US704270 US 704270 A, Controlling mechanism for steam-engine regulators], 1900-02.
[https://www.google.com/patents/US811520 US 811520 A, Steam-engine]. 1900-06

Publications about Edwin Reynolds

Cliff White. "[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034713803;view=2up;seq=34 The Reynolds-Corliss Engine]," in: The steam user; a book of instruction for engineers and steam users, 1890. p. xx-xxviii
Iron Trade Review editor, "[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014701265;view=1up;seq=476 Dead of Edwin Reynolds]," Iron Trade Review, Volume 44, 1909, p. 404

References

1. ^Ernie Gross, Roland H. Worth, Jr. This Day in American History, 4th ed. 2001. p. 85
2. ^¹Linda D. Pingel. "Edwin Reynolds," at Windham County Connecticut CTGenweb Project, 2015. Accessed 2017-05-05.
3. ^William R. Haycraft. Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry. 2002. p. 43-44
4. ^Caryn Hannan (2008). "[https://books.google.nl/books?id=Pd_ETIlgTxgC&pg=PA458 Edwin Reynolds]," in: Connecticut Biographical Dictionary. p. 458-459
5. ^Robert C. Nesbit (2013), Urbanization & Industrialization 1873-1893: History of Wisconsin. 2013. p. 170

External links

Historical Sketch of the Steam Engine at vintagemachinery.org
1890 Article-E. P. Allis & Co., Reynolds-Corliss Triple Expansion Pumping Engine at vintagemachinery.org

4 : 1831 births|1909 deaths|American mechanical engineers|People from Mansfield, Connecticut

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