Daniel Treadwell
Daniel Treadwell (born October 10, 1791 in Ipswich , Massachusetts , † February 27, 1872 in Cambridge , Massachusetts) was an American inventor, businessman and university professor.
Life
Numerous inventions and technical developments can be traced back to Treadwell, including a machine for making screws from wood, a mechanical printing press , a successful steam-powered printing press, the water supply for Boston , a system of points for single-track lines and various successful machines for making rope or cloth to spin from hemp . In 1835 he developed a method of making cannons from wrought iron / steel that was similar to the later developed (but both cheaper and more successful) Armstrong cannon .
From 1822 Treadwell published the Boston Journal of Philosophy and Arts together with John Ware . Between 1834 and 1845 Treadwell held the Rumford Professorship in Physics at Harvard University .
In 1865 Treadwell received the Rumford Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , of which he had been a member since 1823, for his "improvements in thermal management in the context of the development and construction of large-caliber and long-lasting cannons" .
Fonts
- The Relations of Science to the Useful Arts (Boston, 1855)
- On the Practicability of constructing a Cannon of Great Caliber (Cambridge, 1856)
- On the Construction of Hooped Cannon (1864)
literature
- Treadwell, Daniel . In: FS Drake: Dictionary of American Biography , 1870.
- Treadwell, Daniel . In: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (Eds.): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . tape 6 : Sunderland - Zurita . D. Appleton and Company, New York 1889, p. 155 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- Treadwell, Daniel . In: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography , 1898.
Individual evidence
- ^ Past Prizes. In: amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences , accessed January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter T. (PDF; 432 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed January 28, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treadwell, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American inventor, businessman and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ipswich , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1872 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |