Frank Stephen Baldwin

Frank Stephen Baldwin
Frank Stephen Baldwin
Born	April 10, 1838 New Hartford, Connecticut
Died	April 8, 1925 Morristown, New Jersey
Known for	calculating machine

Frank Stephen Baldwin (April 10, 1838 – April 8, 1925) was a pioneer calculating machine designer. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common New Hartford is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the Town of Morristown in New Jersey Other places in New Jersey with similar names are Morris Township, Morris Plains, and Moorestown A calculating machine is a machine designed to come up with calculations or in other words computations Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A calculating machine is a machine designed to come up with calculations or in other words computations

Calculating Machine

1 Early years
2 Marriage
3 Pennsylvania Railroad
4 Europe
5 Monroe
6 Death
7 External links
8 References
9 Sources
10 Patents
11 See also

Early years

He was born in 1838 in New Hartford, Connecticut. New Hartford is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. In 1840 the family moved to Nunda, New York where he attended the Nunda Institute for his elementary school education. Nunda New York may refer to either the town or the village in the U In 1854 he was enrolled at Union College in Schenectady, New York, but left when his father had an accident, which crippled him for life. Union College is a non-denominational independent liberal arts college located in Schenectady New York. Schenectady (skəˈnɛktədi Θkahnéhtati in Tuscarora) is a City in Schenectady County, New York, United States Frank then took over the management of his father's architectural business. In 1855, Frank applied for a patent on an "arrowhead self-coupler" for railroad cars, but the patent was rejected.

In 1860 an uncle in Carlyle, Illinois, designed a corn-planter and Frank assisted in applying for the patent. Carlyle is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. In 1861, he returned to Carlyle to build a model of the planter and to arrange manufacturing.

During the US Civil War he enlisted in the Carlyle Home Guard, but only served for three months. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South In 1869, he went to St. Louis, Missouri as manager of Peck’s Planning Mills.

It was around this time, that he invented an anemometer, for recording the direction of the wind. An anemometer is a device for measuring wind speed and is one instrument used in a Weather station. He also invented a "registering step" for street cars, that recorded the number of passengers entering a streetcar; and a "street indicator" geared from the axle of a trolley that showed each street in succession, from an illuminated box, as the car passed.

Shortly thereafter, he invented and patented the "Recording Lumber Measure", a machine which automatically measured and recorded four different kinds of lumber at the same time. This device started him thinking about calculating machines and this point really marks the birth of the Monroe calculator. A calculating machine is a machine designed to come up with calculations or in other words computations The Monroe Calculator Company was a leading maker of Adding machines and Calculators founded in 1912 by Jay R In the office of a life insurance company at St. Louis, he had seen the Thomas type of calculating machine, devised by Charles Xavier Thomas, around 1820. Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar (1785-1870 was a French Inventor and Mathematician. To create a model based on his ideas he hired William Seward Burroughs I to perform the work in his machine shop, which he, with his father, had in St. William Seward Burroughs I ( January 28[[ 857]] – September 14[[ 898]] was an American Inventor, born in Rochester New York. Louis.

Marriage

In October of 1872, he married Mary K. Denniston of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, who was visiting relatives in St. Louis. Williamsport is a city in and the County seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States Together they had the following children: Frank P. Baldwin (1874-?) who was born in Philadelphia; Emma V. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Baldwin (1878-?) who was born in St. Louis, and worked as a librarian at the public library; Eugene D. Baldwin (1880-?) who was born in St. Louis, and worked as an insurance clerk; and Blanche B. Baldwin (1888-?) who was born in New Jersey, and worked as a clerk at the YMCA. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man

In 1873 they moved to Philadelphia where he rented a small shop and started to make ten of his calculating machines. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə A calculating machine is a machine designed to come up with calculations or in other words computations He then designed an adding machine called the "arithmometer" and his patent was issued on July 28, 1874. See Adding machine (disambiguation for other uses of this term Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It was also one of the first adding machines sold in the United States.

He placed both machines on exhibition at the Franklin Institute, and was awarded the John Scott Medal for the most meritorious invention of the year. This article is about the science museum in Philadelphia For the Boston school see Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. The John Scott Award (first given 1822 in Philadelphia) is an award given to Inventors whom are particularly deserving because their invention(s contributed The only other inventor that year receiving a similar honor from the Institute was George Westinghouse for his air brake. George Westinghouse Jr ( 6 October 1846 &ndash 12 March 1914) was an American Entrepreneur and Engineer An air brake is a conveyance braking system applied by means of compressed air.

Pennsylvania Railroad

When the calculating machine was finished, he took it to the office of the Pennsylvania Railroad and was referred to George M. The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Railroad, founded in 1846 Taylor, Auditor of Freight Receipts. As soon as he saw the machine, he exclaimed, "You are a year too late. If I could have had a machine like that a year ago, it would have been invaluable. I have had a series of tables prepared, giving rates on quantities from 1 to 2,000 pounds, carried from 1 to 550 miles of the road, making over a million computations. Seven different clerks have checked each sheet and I have just had them lithographed for distribution to the agents. However, I would like to see your machine tested. " He asked a clerk to bring in one of the sheets. Then he began calling off the items while I multiplied them on the machine. After about fifty items he cried, "Hold on, that is wrong. " I looked at the sheet and there surely was a discrepancy. To make certain, I erased it and did it over. I said, "The error is in the sheet, sir". "What, you don’t mean to say that the table is wrong?" "Prove it for yourself, sir", said I. The clerks were called in and each one had to figure it himself before he would believe those tables could be wrong. "Well," said Mr. Taylor, "I will buy your machine if you will instruct one of my clerks how to operate it, and then I want all of these tables gone over and proven correct. " Three months later the clerk confessed to Baldwin under the pledge of absolute secrecy that he had found 135 errors in the tables, seven on one sheet.

Europe

One of his 1875 models found its way to Europe, and Wilgott Theophil Odhner took out patents in all European countries on the machine and several large manufacturing companies in Europe started production. Willgodt Theophil Odhner (in Cyrillic, Вильгодт Теофил Однер ( August 10, 1845 &ndash September 15, 1905) was The machine then appeared under ten to fifteen names in Europe, the more important being Brunsviga and Triumpator, which manufactured in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Monroe

In 1900, he patented the "Baldwin Computing Engine", a machine by which multiplication or division was performed by one stroke for each digit. In 1908, he was awarded a patent on the "Baldwin Recording Calculator", which combined a printer with the calculator. In 1911, he partnered with Jay R. Monroe, of the Western Electric Company in New York City to create the Monroe Calculator Company. Western Electric Company (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was an American Electrical engineering company the manufacturing arm The City of New York The Monroe Calculator Company was a leading maker of Adding machines and Calculators founded in 1912 by Jay R In 1920 he was living in East Orange, New Jersey with his wife and children. East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, USA As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 69824 ^[1]

Death

Baldwin died at age 86 in 1925 in a private hospital in Morristown, New Jersey following an operation. This article is about the Town of Morristown in New Jersey Other places in New Jersey with similar names are Morris Township, Morris Plains, and Moorestown He was residing in Denville, New Jersey. Denville is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. ^[2]

External links

Baldwin calculator brochure

References

^ 1920 US Census; East Orange, New Jersey
^ A Personal Story of Interest to Business Men and Accountants, Monroe Calculator Company. East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, USA As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 69824 The Monroe Calculator Company was a leading maker of Adding machines and Calculators founded in 1912 by Jay R Accessed October 27, 2007. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Mr. Baldwin passed away at his home in Denville, New Jersey, April 8, 1925, within two days of reaching his 87th birthday. "

Sources

New York Times; April 9, 1925, Thursday; Frank S. Baldwin Inventor, Dies at 86; Originator of the Calculating Machine, the Anemometer and Many Other Devices. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Patents

U.S. Patent 451,992 ; Cement Mixer; May 12, 1891
U.S. Patent 476,597 ; Roundabout; June 7, 1892
U.S. Patent 641,065 ; Calculating Machine; January 9, 1900
U.S. Patent 706,375 ; Calculating Machine; August 5, 1902

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