Charles Talbot Porter (January 18, 1826 – August 28, 1910) was an American

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

, and

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of mechanical devices, particularly the

high-speed steam engine High-speed steam engines were one of the final developments of the stationary steam engine. They ran at a high speed, of several hundred rpm,, 400 to 1,200 rpm which was needed by tasks such as electricity generation. Defining characteristics ...

. He was recipient of the 1909

John Fritz Medal The John Fritz Medal has been awarded annually since 1902 by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) for "outstanding scientific or industrial achievements". The medal was created for the 80th birthday of John Fritz, who lived betw ...

. Born in

Auburn, New York Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States. Located at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in Central New York, the city had a population of 26,866 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city of Cayuga County, the ...

, Porter was the son of the

John Porter John Porter may refer to: Politicians * John Porter (portreeve), 1390–94, Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton *John Porter (Illinois politician) (1935–2022), Illinois politician, U.S. Representative * John Porter (MP for Bramber) (died 1599) ...

, a lawyer and politician. He obtained his law degree from

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

in 1845, started his career as lawyer, and grew out to be one of the foremost of modern American engineers of his days.American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ''Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.'' 1910. p. 1399

Selected publications

* Charles Talbot Porter.
Description of Richards' improved steam-engine indicator
' * Porter, Charles T.
A treatise on the Richards steam-engine indicator, with directions for its use
'' New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1883. * Charles Talbot Porter. ''Description of the Porter-Allen steam engine as made by the Southwark Foundry and Machine Co., Philadelphia.'' C.C. Chalfant, printer, 1885. * Porter, Charles T.
Engineering Reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist"
'' New York, J. Wiley, 1910. ;Works about Charles Talbot Porter *

Mayr, Otto Otto Mayr (born November 2, 1930) is a German mechanical engineer, historian of technology, curator, author and former director of the National Museum of History and Technology in Washington DC and the Deutsches Museum in Munich. He is particularl ...

. "„Von Charles Talbot Porter zu Johann Friedrich Radinger: Die Anfänge der schnelllaufenden Dampfmaschine und der Maschinendynamik”." Technikgeschichte 40.1 (1973): 1-32. *

. "Yankee practice and engineering theory: Charles T. Porter and the dynamics of the high-speed steam engine." ''Technology and culture'' (1975): 570-602.

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Charles Talbot Porter
at asme.org
Charles Talbot Porter
at gracesguide.co.uk 1826 births 1910 deaths American mechanical engineers Hamilton College (New York) alumni People from Auburn, New York John Fritz Medal recipients Engineers from New York (state) 19th-century American businesspeople {{US-mechanical-engineer-stub