Boiler maker Volume 7

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...Company, Bowling Green building, New York. Mr. VV. L. Saunders remains editor of the magazine, but Mr. Hulbcrt, who was formerly managing editor, has been succeeded by Mr. Frank Richards. Mr. Richards is well known in this field of engineering, as the author of "Compressed Air," the standard text book on this subject. He has long been connected with technical journalism, having been for ten years one of the editors of the "American Machinist." Previous to his work on the "American Machinist" he spent several years in machine manufacturing with the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company and other concerns. Mr. Richards thus brings to his new position a wide and varied experience not only in the particular branch of engineering which deals with compressed air but also in general steam and mechanical engineering. of Baltimore. Md, on account of his great genius of invention. Many practical machines used in boiler shops are due to this man's genius. In his eightieth year the necessity of a pipe wrench that would not chew the pipe nor mar the threads brought from his still fertile mind a device very much like the hand itself, and, fortunately. patented by himself as the Parmelee pipe wrench. which he was successful in marketing in Philadelphia. Pa. After five years enjoyment of the fruits of his latest invention he failed in health and came to live with his younger brother, Justine, to whom he transferred the burdcn of his business affairs. slowly declining until the end. The wrench business will continue--a close corporation. with his brother and nephew in charge----as a living monument to the wealth of his inventive genius. Word is received of the death on July II, 1907, of Mr. John M. Smalley, a member of the...