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Porter, Charles Talbot
| (1826-1910), U.S. mechanical engineer and engine manufacturer, was the first to recognize advantages of high-rotative speeds and engines and to analyze and control inertial forces in engines. He patented the first isochronous centrifugal governor for marine engines in 1861. In a 1862 London exhibition, he demonstrated the Porter-Allen high-speed engine that incorporated both his governor and the J. F. Allen cut-off valve. As vice president of manufacturing of a foundry, he install a high-speed steam engine in Edison's Menlo Park laboratory in 1880 and later installed engines for steam dynamos for Edison's Pearl Street Station, New York City. In 1909 he received ASME's John Fritz Medal. He was born Jan. 18, 1826, Auburn, New York, and died Aug. 28, 11910, Montclair, New Jersey. |
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