James Samuel
James Samuel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 March 1824 Glasgow,Scotland |
| Died | 25 May 1874(aged 50) |
| Education | Glasgow High School;Glasgow University |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Mechanical engineering |
James Samuel(21 March 1824 – 25 May 1874) was a railway engineer who was born inGlasgowon 21 March 1824. He was appointed engineer to theEastern Counties Railwayin 1846.[1]He held two importantpatentsbut, in both cases, the invention was the work of another.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]He became engineer to theEastern Counties Railwayin 1846.
He was a supporter of light railway vehicles and collaborated withWilliam Bridges Adamson these. He designed a pair of light2-2-0locomotives for theMorayshire Railway.These were built byNeilson and Companyfor the opening of the line in August 1852. They were not a great success.[2]
From 1858 he worked on civil engineering projects in Asia Minor, the US and Mexico.
Innovations
[edit]In 1850 James Samuel lodged patent 13029 for a form of locomotivecompounding,giving "continuous expansion" using two cylinders of equal diameter, a system devised by John Nicholson, a driver on the Eastern Counties Railway.[3]Two locomotives were built using this system—one for goods and one for passenger traffic—and, according to papers read by James Samuel before theInstitute of Mechanical Engineersin January and April, 1852, the results were "highly satisfactory". Unfortunately, no other record of them is known to survive.[4]James Samuel also patented a railwayfishplatein 1844.
References
[edit]- ^"Biographies of Civil Engineers".steamindex.com. Samuel, James.Retrieved18 June2012.
- ^"Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)".Steamindex.com. Morayshire Railway.Retrieved18 June2012.
- ^Gordon, William (1910).Our Home Railways.Vol. 1. London:Frederick Warne & Co.p. 91.OCLC501025.
- ^"Brief Biographies of Major Mechanical Engineers".Steamindex.com. Nicholson, John.Retrieved18 June2012.
- Gordon, W.J. (1910):Our Home Railways(volume one). Frederick Warne & Co, London, England.