Frederick Remsen Hutton

Frederick Remsen Hutton, M.E., Sc.D. (1853–1918) was an American mechanical engineer.^[1] He was born in New York City, graduated from Columbia College in 1873, and from Columbia School of Mines in 1876. He was employed there in several positions until he retired in 1907. Columbia gave him the honorary degree of Sc.D. in 1904.

In 1892 he became associate editor of the Engineering Magazine. From 1883 to 1906 he was secretary of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; and he became president of the organization in 1907. In 1911 he was consulting engineer for the department of water, gas, and electricity of New York City, and he served as chairman of the technical committee of the Automobile Club of America for many terms. He wrote reports on machine tools for the census of 1880; Mechanical Engineering of Power Plants (1897; third edition, 1909); Heat and Heat Engines (1899); and The Gas-Engine (1903; third edition, 1908).^[2]

References

^ Power - Volume 47, Issue 21 - Page 750 1918 "IT IS with deep regret that we announce the death of Frederick Remsen Hutton, well-known engineer, educator, and distinguished member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, at his home, New York City, Tuesday, May 14"
^ A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Page 50 Bruce Sinclair, James P. Hull - 1980 "Frederick Hutton was eager to have the Society also determine a standard for rating steam-boiler capability, and observed 'it is part of our duty, no doubt, to establish gauges and standards.'33 In the drive to rationalize American industry that ...

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[1] Power - Volume 47, Issue 21 - Page 750 1918 "IT IS with deep regret that we announce the death of Frederick Remsen Hutton, well-known engineer, educator, and distinguished member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, at his home, New York City, Tuesday, May 14"

[2] A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Page 50 Bruce Sinclair, James P. Hull - 1980 "Frederick Hutton was eager to have the Society also determine a standard for rating steam-boiler capability, and observed 'it is part of our duty, no doubt, to establish gauges and standards.'33 In the drive to rationalize American industry that ...

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