Background
Peabody, Cecil Hobart was born on August 9, 1855 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Selim H. and Mary Elizabeth (Pangborn) Peabody.
Peabody, Cecil Hobart was born on August 9, 1855 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Selim H. and Mary Elizabeth (Pangborn) Peabody.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1877.
Professor mathematics, Imperial Agricultural College, Sapporo, Japan, 1878. Assistant Professor mechanic engineering, University of Illinois, 1881. Assistant professor steam engineering, 1883, professor naval architecture and marine engineering, 1893-1920 (emeritus), Massachusetts Institute Technology Author: Thermodynamics of the Steam Engine, 1889.
Tables of the Properties of Saturated Steam.
1888; Valve Gear for Steam Engines, 1892. Steam Boilers (with Professor East. F. Miller), 1897.
Manual of Steam Engine Indicator, 1900. Naval Architecture, 1904.
Thermodynamics of the Steam Turbine.
Propellers, 1912. Computations for Marine Engines, 1913. Imperial Order of the Rising Sun (Japanese), 3d class.
Married Sarah Angeline Knight, 1885.