羅伯特·亨利·瑟斯頓

羅伯特·亨利·瑟斯頓（；）是一名美國工程師。他是史蒂文斯理工學院第一位機械工程學教授。他曾於安納波利斯的美國海軍學院擔任助理教授。

生平

貢獻

著作
書籍（選錄）：
 1878. A history of the growth of the steam engine. D. Appleton and Company; 4th, revised ed. 1902 (online)
 1884. Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes. New York, J. Wiley & sons, 1884.
 1884. Materials of Engineering. J. Wiley, 1884, Parts, 1, 2 & 3
 1889. The development of the philosophy of the steam-engine. An historical sketch. New York, J. Wiley & sons.
 1890. Heat as a form of energy. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1890.
 1891. A manual of the steam-engine. For engineers and technical schools; advanced courses. New York, J. Wiley & sons, 1891.
 1894. The animal as a machine and a prime motor, and the laws of energetics.  New York, J. Wiley & sons.

他的一些較為重要的文獻： 
 1865. On Losses of Propelling Power in the Paddle Wheel
 1865. Steam Engines of the French Navy
 1870. H. B. M. Iron Clad Monarch 
 1870. Iron Manufactures in Great Britain 
 1871. Experimental Steam Boiler Explosions
 1871. Report on Test Trials of Steam Boilers
 1872. Traction Engines and Road Locomotives
 1874. Efficiency of Furnaces Burning Wet Fuel
 1874. The Mechanical Engineer, his Preparation and his Work
 1877, On a New Method of Planning Researches and of Representing to the Eye the Results of Combination of three or more Elements in Varying Proportions

參考資料

延伸閱讀
 ASME History and Heritage Committee (1980); Mechanical Engineers in America Born Prior to 1861: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: ASME. Library of Congress No. 79-57364.
 Calvert, Monte A.  Mechanical Engineer in America, 1830-1910: Professional Cultures in Conflict.  Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1967.
 Clark, Geoffrey W. (2000); History of Stevens Institute of Technology: A Record of Broad-Based Curricula and Technogenesis. Jersey City, New Jersey: Jensen/Daniels.
 Sinclair, Bruce (1980);  A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1880-1980. (Toronto: Published for ASME by University of Toronto Press, 1980). .
 Durand, William F. (1929): "Robert Henry Thurston" The Riverside Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 1929 Copyright by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A.S.M.E. First Edition.

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美國機械工程師
康乃爾大學教師