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040 Harvard University. Library|beng|cDRB|dOCL
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050 0 TA140.T47|bC67
100 1 Corbin, William Herbert,|d1864-
245 10 Edward Clinton Terry, PH. B. :|bmember of American society
of civil engineers, pioneer in hydraulic and mechanical
engineering /|cCompiled by William H. Corbin.
264 1 [Hartford, Conn.] :|bPrivately published, L.E. Terry,
|c1943.
300 viii, 96 pages including frontispiece :|billustrations,
portraits, facsimile ;|c22 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
505 Contents: Chapter One. ANCESTRY: Samuel-Pioneer; Samuel-
Farmer; Ephraim-Tanner; Samuel-Inn-Keeper; Samuel-Tanner;
Eli-The Clockmaker; Eli Jr.,-Clockmaker; James-
Manufacturer -- Chapter Two. EARLY LIFE: Boyhood days;
College activities; Young family life -- Chapter Three.
BUSINESS BEGINNINGS: Water Meters; Hartford Meter Company;
New Terry Homes; Phenix Brass Foundry Co. -- Chapter Four.
FARMINGTON RIVER POWER COMPANY: A Pioneer Undertaking;
"Oil City"; Agreement for Power Sale; Company
Incorporated; Current Delivery Begun; Vindication;
"Notable Pioneer Work"; Scientific American Description;
First Lighting Experience; The Road to the Plant; New
Power Contracts; House Organ Description; Electrical
Magazine Publicity; Power House Burned; Capitalization and
New Officers; Electric Light Contract Terminated; New
Development and $1,000,000 plant; use of Hydro-electrics;
The Water Mill. -- Chapter Five. AGAIN A PIONEER STEAM
TURBINES: The New Invention; More Experimental Work; First
Installation; incorporation and Expansion; Death of M r.
Terry; Terry Company Booklet. -- Chapter Six. TRIBUTES:
Hartford Courant article; Hartford Times excerpt; Minutes
of The Farmington River Power Company; Tributes; American
Society of Civil Engineers; Luther W. Burt; Henry B.
Sargent; James Sheperd; Intimate Friend. -- Chapter
Seven. HARTFORD HOSPITAL MEMORIAL: Hartford Courant. --
Chapter Eight. JAMES TERRY: The Power Company; Navy Takes
up Turbines; New Building and Growth; Perfected Turbine
Wheel; Untimely Death; Life History; Newspaper Accounts. -
- Chapter Nine. THE TERRY STEAM TURBINE COMPANY: New
Management; Stability of Products; Terry Turbine
Advantages; High Praise Sustaining Patent; Another Tragedy
and New Management; Axial Flow Impulse Type; Multi-Stage
turbine; Reduction Gears; Terry Turbine in Marine Service;
and now,Terry Gas Turbines; Unspoken but Living Tribute.
600 10 Terry, Edward Clinton,|d1850-1908.
994 92|bCKE