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American lawyer, engineer and inventor. | American lawyer, engineer and inventor. | ||
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Talbot_Porter Wikipedia entry] | See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Talbot_Porter Wikipedia entry] and obituary in the [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510007644642;view=1up;seq=492 American Machinist]. | ||
1866 He worked with [[Joseph Whitworth and Co|Whitworth and Co]], Chorlton Street, Manchester.<ref> [[1866 Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] </ref>. He described his unsatisfactory experience of working with Whitworth's to develop his Porter-Allen high speed engine in his ''Engineering Reminiscences''. He had more luck working with [[Ormerod, Grierson and Co]]. | 1866 He worked with [[Joseph Whitworth and Co|Whitworth and Co]], Chorlton Street, Manchester.<ref> [[1866 Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] </ref>. He described his unsatisfactory experience of working with Whitworth's to develop his Porter-Allen high speed engine in his ''Engineering Reminiscences''. He had more luck working with [[Ormerod, Grierson and Co]]. | ||
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[[Category: Deaths 1910-1919]] | [[Category: Deaths 1910-1919]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:57, 26 February 2019
Charles Talbot Porter (1826-1910)
American lawyer, engineer and inventor.
See Wikipedia entry and obituary in the American Machinist.
1866 He worked with Whitworth and Co, Chorlton Street, Manchester.[1]. He described his unsatisfactory experience of working with Whitworth's to develop his Porter-Allen high speed engine in his Engineering Reminiscences. He had more luck working with Ormerod, Grierson and Co.
He returned to the USA and established his own engine manufacturing business.
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