Alexander Lyman Holley

Alexander Lyman Holley (Lakeville, Connecticut, July 20, 1832 – Brooklyn, New York, January 29, 1882) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and founding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He was considered the foremost steel and plant engineer and designer of his time, especially in regard to applying research to modern steel manufacturing processes.

Biography Born in Lakeville, Connecticut in 1832, Holley graduated from Brown University in 1853.

Legacy

The Holley medal is given out by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in his honor. He received many honors, including being made an honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1892; and in 1890 a monument was unveiled in Washington Square Park, New York bearing a bust of him.

Publications, a selection 1858: (with Zerah Colburn & Julius Bien) The permanent way and coal-burning locomotive boilers of European railways; with a comparison of the working economy of European and American lines, and the principles upon which improvement must proceed. New York, Holley & Colburn. 1860: (with J. K. Fisher) The economy of steam power on common roads ... with its history and practice in Great Britain.... and its progress in the United States, 1865: A treatise on ordnance and armor: embracing descriptions, discussions, and professional opinions concerning the material, fabrication, requirements, capabilities, and endurance of European and American guns for naval, sea-coast, and iron-clad warfare, and their rifling, projectiles and breech-loading 1867: American and European Railway Practice in the Economical Generation of Steam. David Van Nostrand. 1878: (with Lenox Smith) The works of the Cambria Iron Company. London : Offices of "Engineering". 1881: Report of the United States board appointed to test iron, steel, and other metals. 1885: (with Joseph Barba) The use of steel for constructive purposes: method of working, applying and testing plates and bars.

Publications about Alexander Lyman Holley, his life and work American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (1884) Holley, 1832-1882. Memorial of Alexander Lyman Holley, C. E., LL. D., president of the American institute of mining engineers, vice-president of the American society of civil engineers, vice-president of the American society of mechanical engineers ...etc., etc. Born July 20, 1832. Died January 29, 1882. Thomas J. Misa (1998) John Mortimer (2005) Arima Publishing