Jesse Merrick Smith

Jesse Merrick Smith (October 30, 1848 – April 1, 1927 ) was a prominent American mechanical engineer, consulting engineer, patent expert, and president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1909-10.

Biography Youth and education Smith was born Newark, Ohio, in 1848, the son of Henry and Lucinda Salisbury Smith. In 1862 the family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Philo Patterson's School. After attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York from 1865 to 1868, he continued his studies in Europe.

After a year of travel, Smith entered the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris in 1869, where he obtained the degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1872. After graduation he continued travelling through France, Belgium and Germany, visiting manufacturing plants along the way and attending lectures at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin). From there he went to England spending another three months visiting iron and machine works.

Publications Jesse M. Smith. "The Profession of Engineering," in: Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York City : The Society. Vol 31, 1909, p. 429-436

Patents, a selection Patents US-282789, Governor for steam-engines, 1883 Patent US-301764, Fast and loose pulley device, 1884 Patent US-198820 A, Improvement in hot-blast ovens, 1887

Publications about Jesse Merrick Smith Jesse Merrick Smith, Cassier's Magazine. Vol 35, 1909. p. 356 American Society of Mechanical Engineers. "Jesse Merrick Smith," Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York City : The Society. Vol 31, 1909, p. 3-4