Everything about Edward S Renwick totally explained
Edward Sabine Renwick (b. 1823- d.1912) was a mechanical engineer, inventor and patent expert.
Early life
He lost most of his eyesight while working as a patent examiner. He worked for a time in
Wilkes-Barre as an
ironmaster, but failed.
Family connections
His father,
James Renwick (1790-1862), was a Professor of
Columbia University. His mother, Margaret, was a member of the
Brevoort family of New York City.
One brother,
James Renwick, Jr., was a leading US architect, designer of
St. Patrick's Cathedral,
Grace Church,
Vassar College, The
Smithsonian Institution and the
Croton Aqueduct. The other, Henry, was a former steamboat inspector and co-author with his father. His grandmother Jean Jeffrey/Jeannie Jaffray of
Lochmaben was the
Blue-Eyed Lassie mentioned in
Robert Burns' poem
I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen (External Link
).
Charles Wilkes was an uncle of his.
He married Elizabeth Anne Brevoort in 1862.
Inventions
He formulated at least 25 inventions over his lifetime, including a combination chicken brooder and incubator, and a self-binding reaping machine. He sued
Cyrus McCormick over royalties, but was awarded none.
His patent dates stretch from 1850 (age 27) to 1904 (age 81).
Great Eastern
One of his greatest achievements was the designing and supervising, with his brother Henry, of a repairing of a break in the bilge of the
Great Eastern steamship with a floating
caisson, clamped to the hull. It was long by wide and deep.
Later life
He later settled in
Millburn,
New Jersey in 1867. He built a house at 140 Old Short Hills Road which is still standing and occupied. He died there in 1912 at the age of 89.
Sources
Resources
Renwick, Edward S. (Edward Sabine). Patentable invention. Rochester, N.Y., 1893. 168pp. Patent. PDF
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