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First professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (in 1871). There he established Stevens’ mechanical engineering curriculum. Historians credit Thurston with establishing the first US mechanical engineering laboratory for conducting funded research at an academic institution for higher learning.
Robert Henry Thurston
Works
Articles in Popular Science Monthly
- "The Growth of the Steam-Engine I" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (November 1877)
- "The Growth of the Steam-Engine II" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (December 1877)
- "The Growth of the Steam-Engine III" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (January 1878)
- "The Growth of the Steam-Engine IV" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (February 1878)
- "The Growth of the Steam-Engine V" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (March 1878)
- "The Growth of the Steam-Engine VI" in Popular Science Monthly, 13 (May 1878)
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