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Thurston (ROBERT HENRY an American)

ROBERT HENRY, an American educator; born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 25, 1839; was graduated at Brown University in 1859; worked in his father's shops in 1859-1861; was an assistants engineer in the navy in 1861- 1865; assistant professor of natural philosophy at the United States Naval Academy Academy in 1865-1871; professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1875-1885; and in 1885 was made director of Sibley College at Cornell University. He was also president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; vice-president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; United States commissioner to the Vienna Exposition in 1873; a member of numerous United States and State commissions; and the inventor of several testing machines, engine governors and other devices. His publications include "Friction and Lubrication," "Materials of Engineering," "History of the Steam Engine," "Manual THURSTON THYRSUS of the Steam Boiler," about 300 mono- in 1909, after which he remained in graphs. He died Oct. 25, 1903.