| 词条 | George L. Vose |
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Early life and careerGeorge Leonard Vose was born in Augusta, Maine on April 13, 1831 to Richard Hampton Vose (1803–1864), a politician and Governor of the State of Maine and Harriet Greene Chandler Vose (1811–1861).[5] Vose was educated at home in Salem, Massachusetts. From 1849 to 1850 he studied at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard College.[1] After Harvard, Vose started his career as an assistant engineer on the Kennebec and Portland Railroad, and until 1859 was engaged on various railroads. From 1859 to 1863, he was associate editor of The American Railway Times in Boston, and then for three years, he resided in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1866, he moved to Paris, Maine, and was occupied with railroad projects in Maine and New Hampshire. Vose was a professor of civil engineering in Bowdoin College from 1872 until 1881 and Hayward Professor of Civil and Topographical Engineering[6] as well as department head for civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1881 until 1887.[1][2][7] In 1854, Vose married Abba Valentine Thompson Vose (1843-1870) and they had four children,Harriet Lenora Vose (1856–1886), Mabel Vose (1859–1888), Elizabeth Chandler Vose Torrey (1863–1901) and Richard Hampton Vose (1866–1957).[5] In 1872, Vose married Charlotte Buxton Andrews (1843-1889).[8] Vose's daughter Harriet married Arlo Bates.[9] Death and LegacyVose died on March 30, 1910 in Brunswick, Maine and was interred at Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts.[5] Vose Spur, a subpeak of Mount Carrigain, is named for him. Published WorksHandbook of Railroad Construction, 1857The subtitle of the "Handbook of railroad construction: for the use of American engineers. Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States." already explains the purpose and content of this work. It wants to offer rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads. In the Preface Vose further explains that: ... the object of this work was to give in the plainest possible manner all instructions, rules, and tables necessary for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads. As a general thing, American engineers are not educated for their business; and when they do possess a knowledge of pure science, they are at a loss how to apply it. The reader is presumed acquainted with the elements of arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and mechanics ; being thus provided, he will, by a perusal of what follows, be enabled to correctly proportion bridges, of wood, stone, and iron ; abutments, piers, retaining walls, superstructure, and locomotive engines; and to plan and lay out, execute, and estimate any description of work occurring upon railroads. As the object has been more to be useful than original, the best engineering writers and experimenters have been consulted ; among whom are, — Gauthey, Navier, Vicat, Tredgold, Barlow, Totten, Fairbairn, Hodgkinson, Clark, and Lardner. Also a great number of reports by American civil engineers upon railroad matters. [10] Vose further explains that the work is written as "handbook" and not a "treatise", more meant as office companion than as a text-book for students.[10] Fifteen years later he renewed this work, entitled "Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students: containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States". This work had the similar table of content but was prepared for both railroad engineers and engineering students.[11] ManagementThe last chapter of the 1857 handbook was devoted to management. In there Vose started explaining that railroad management can be divided into two major sections:
The financial management embraces the entire systems of accounts, and relates to everything to:[12]
The operating or operations management relates to:[13]
Vose further goes into the general principles for efficient operation; a part extracted from McCallum (1856). The rate and direction of subordination are presented with a functional organization structure (see image), in which the General Superintendent is in charge. Vose had notified earlier, that financial management does not properly come in his days.[14] And indeed, the financial management function is not incorporated into the organisational structure pictured. A special feature of the 1857 Handbook, were two classification charts of the organization and the costs of a railroad (see images) given in its last chapter on management. After explaining the duties of employees, the number of trains to be used, and the amount of service of engines, Vose goes into expenses, receipts, and profits. He presents another classification chart of the whole cost of operating and of maintaining a railroad (see image).[15] Selected works
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Vose, George Leonard|year=1889}} 2. ^1 "Vose, George Leonard," in: The universal cyclopaedia, 1900. p. 604 {{PD-notice}} 3. ^Cleveland, Frederick Albert, and Fred Wilbur Powell. [https://archive.org/details/railroadpromoti01powegoog Railroad promotion and capitalization in the United States]. Longmans, Green, and Company, 1909. p.336 {{PD-notice}} 4. ^Field, Alexander James. "The magnetic telegraph, price and quantity data, and the new management of capital." The Journal of Economic History 52.02 (1992): 401-413. 5. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=George Leonard Vose |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100006704/george-leonard-vose |website=Find A Grave |accessdate=3 October 2018}} 6. ^{{cite news |last1=anon. |title=PROFESSOR VOSE DIES Was Formerly Head Of Civil Engineering Department |url=http://tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_029/TECH_V029_S0560_P001.pdf |accessdate=4 October 2018 |issue=VOL. XXIX. NO. 130. |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |date=1 April 1910}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Heads of the course and department |url=https://libraries.mit.edu/mithistory/research/schools-and-departments/school-of-engineering/department-of-civil-and-environmental-engineering/ |website=MIT Institute Archive |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |accessdate=4 October 2018}} 8. ^{{cite book |last1=Vose |first1=E. F. 1850-. |title=Robert Vose and his descendants |date=1932 |publisher=S. Usher ; Fort Hill Press |location=Boston, Mass |pages=412–413 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062511324;view=2up;seq=428;size=125 |accessdate=3 October 2018}} {{PD-notice}} 9. ^Biographical Note, Arlo Bates and George L. Vose Papers at lib.udel.edu. Accessed January 27, 2014 10. ^1 George L. Vose. Handbook of Railroad Construction Boston, (1857) p. iii-iv {{PD-notice}} 11. ^George L. Vose. Manual for Railroad Engineers and Engineering Students (1873). p. v.{{PD-notice}} 12. ^Vose (1857, p. 413-14) 13. ^Vose (1857, p. 414) 14. ^Vose (1857, 413 15. ^Vose (1857, p. 421) Attribution{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Vose, George Leonard|year=1889}}; and from {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Vose, George Leonard|year=1920}}.External links
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