testing machine for material in torsion and the other for a machine for testing lubricants. Publications Books, a selection: 1878. A history of the growth of the steam engine. D. Appleton and Company; 4th, revised ed. 1902 (online) 1884. Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes. New York, J. Wiley & sons, 1884. 1884. Materials of Engineering. J. Wiley, 1884, Parts, 1, 2 & 3 1889. The development of the philosophy of the steam-engine. An historical sketch. New York, J. Wiley & sons. 1890. Heat as a form of energy. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1890. 1891. A manual of the steam-engine. For engineers and technical schools; advanced courses. New York, J. Wiley & sons, 1891. 1894. The animal as a machine and a prime motor, and the laws of energetics. New York, J. Wiley & sons. Some of his more important papers are the following: 1865. On Losses of Propelling Power in the Paddle Wheel 1865. Steam Engines of the French Navy 1870. H. B. M. Iron Clad Monarch 1870. Iron Manufactures in Great Britain 1871. Experimental Steam Boiler Explosions 1871. Report on Test Trials of Steam Boilers 1872. Traction Engines and Road Locomotives 1874. Efficiency of Furnaces Burning Wet Fuel 1874. The Mechanical Engineer, his Preparation and his Work 1877, On a New Method of Planning Researches and of Representing to the Eye the Results of Combination of three or more Elements in Varying Proportions References Further reading Calvert, Monte A. Mechanical Engineer in America, 1830-1910: Professional Cultures in Conflict. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1967. Clark, Geoffrey W. (2000); History of Stevens Institute of Technology: A Record of Broad-Based Curricula and Technogenesis. Jersey City, New Jersey: Jensen/Daniels. Sinclair, Bruce (1980); A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1880-1980. (Toronto: Published for ASME by University of Toronto Press, 1980). . Durand, William F. (1929): "Robert Henry Thurston" The Riverside Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 1929 Copyright by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A.S.M.E. First Edition. External links 1839 births 1903 deaths American mechanical engineers Brown University School of Engineering alumni Cornell University faculty Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Stevens Institute of Technology faculty Tribologists United States Naval Academy faculty 19th-century American engineers