Professor Stillman Williams Robinson
- Discipline
- City and Regional Planning
- Date
- 1878
- Work Type
- Images
- Location
- Ohio State University, Franklin, Ohio, United States, NA
- Description
- Professor Robinson (1838-1910) was a distinguished professor in physics and mechanical engineering at The Ohio State University from 1878-1895. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He published A Practical Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels (New York, 1876); Railroad Economies, or Notes with Comments (1882); and Strength of Wrought-Iron Bridge Members (1882). He was also awarded 39 patents for inventions including: a thermometer graduating machine, timepieces, a steam rock drill, photograph cutter, telephone, air compressors, automatic car brakes, shoemaking machinery, substructures for elevated railways, hypodermic syringes, and a lens grinding machine. Keywords: United States, Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, The Ohio State University, Department of physics and mechanical engineering.