Jump to content

Albert Ferdinand Shore

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Accurizer (talk | contribs) at 11:51, 19 March 2016 (added Category:American inventors using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Albert Ferdinand Shore (4 September 1876 - 17 January 1936) was a metallurgist who invented the Shore durometer. He won the Elliott Cresson Medal.[1]

Biography

He was born on 4 September 1876 in New York City.

He invented the first quadrant durometer in 1915 to measure the hardness of polymers and other elastomers.[2]

He died on 17 January 1936 at Wickersham Hospital in Manhattan of a stroke.[1] He was buried in Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery in North Amityville, New York.

References

  1. ^ a b "Albert F. Shore, 59, Inventor, is Dead. Elliott Cresson Medal Awarded to Metallurgical Engineer by Franklin Institute". New York Times. January 19, 1936. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  2. ^ "The History of Shore Durometer Hardness & KTR's Elements for ROTEX Couplings". 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Ferdinand_Shore&oldid=710851488"