848 ROBERT HENRY THURSTON. 



boiler, and in the third we find publications more purely philosophical, 

 historical, and biographical." 



In the field of invention Professor Thurston has made several con- 

 tributions to engineering art, the more important being lamps burn- 

 ing magnesium, navy signal apparatus, autographic testing- machines 

 for iron, steel, and other metals, testing machines for lubricants, and 

 improvements in steam engines and in scientific engineering" apparatus. 

 He also did much work in scientific research and in the investigation 

 of important engineering- problems, among which may be mentioned: 



The determination of the useful qualities of the alloys of copper and 

 tin, copper and zinc, and copper, tin, and zinc. 



Sfudies of boiler explosions. 



Researches regarding the laws of friction and lubrication. 



Laws of variation of engine wastes and studies in the econoni}' of 

 the steam engine. 



Professor Thurston was a member of the leading engineering and 

 scientific societies of this country and of Europe. He was the first 

 president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and suc- 

 ceeded himself for the following- term as well. He was three times 

 vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, vice-president of the American Institute of Mining- Engineers, 

 and Officier de ITnstruction Publique de France. 



Professor Thurston possessed to a remarkable degree the capacity 

 for rapid and intensive work. This was due in no small measure to 



"The following is a list of the larger works, grouped as indicated above: 

 The Materials of Engineering, J. Wiley & Sons. 



Part I. — Nonmetallic Materials of Engineering and Metallurgy. 



Part II. — Iron and Steel. 



Part III. — Alloys and Their Constituents. 

 The jNIaterials of Construction, J. Wiley & Sons. 



Treatise on Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Mill Work, J. Wiley & Sons. 

 Stationary Steam Engines, J. Wiley & Sons. 

 Development of the Pliilosophy of tlie Steam Engine, .1. Wiley & Sons. 



A Manual of the Steam Engine, J. Wiley & Sons. 

 Part I. — History, Structure, and Theory. 

 Part II.— Design, Construction, and Operation. 

 A Manual of the Steam Boiler, Design, Construction, and Operation, .1. Wiley & 

 Sons. 



A Handbook of Engine and Boiler Trials, and the Use of the Indicator and the 

 Prony Brake, J. Wiley & Sons. 



Steam Boiler Explosions in Theory and in Practice, J. Wiley & Sons. 



History of the Steam Engine, D. Appleton & Co. 



Heat as a Form of Finergy, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 



Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat, J. Wiley & Sons. 



Life of Robert Fulton, Dodd, Mead & Co. 



The Animal as a Machine and Prime Mover, J. Wilev & Sons. 



