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Notes On Some European Iron Making Districts: A Collection Of Letters To The Iron Age
Charles William Henry Kirchhoff
The Iron age, 1900
Technology & Engineering; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Iron industry and trade; Technology & Engineering / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
Charles William Henry Kirchhoff was an American editor of technical journals. He served as a managing editor of Engineering and Mining Journal from 1881 to 1884 and as an editor-in-chief of The Iron Age from 1889 to 1910.
Background
Charles William Henry Kirchhoff was born on March 28, 1853 in San Francisco, California, United States, the son of Charles and Virginia (Siemsen) Kirchhoff. The father was in the German consular service. A few years after the boy's birth the family moved to Hoboken, New Jersey.
Education
Charles attended school in New Jersey and in Germany, entered the Prussian Royal School of Mines in Clausthal in 1870, and was graduated in 1874 as a mining engineer and metallurgist.
Career
From 1874 to 1877 Kirchhoff was chemist for the Delaware lead refinery in Philadelphia. During the Centennial Exhibition in that city he acted as correspondent for a number of British, German, and South African papers, and thus began his career in technical journalism, for which he was especially fitted both by education and by his careful discrimination in evaluating statistics.
In 1877 he formed a connection with David Williams, an important figure in technical publishing, and served as assistant editor of his Metallurgical Review, a well-written but short-lived monthly. Williams transferred him to the editorial staff of The Iron Age as assistant editor in 1878. In 1881 he went to the Engineering and Mining Journal as managing editor and for a three-year period was under the inspiring direction of R. W. Raymond and R. P. Rothwell, but returned to The Iron Age as associate editor in 1884. He became editor-in-chief in 1889, succeeding James C. Bayles, and served until 1910, when he retired because of poor health. For several years before his retirement he also acted as vice-president and manager for the David Williams Company, publishers of The Iron Age.
In connection with his work as a technical editor, he also acted from 1883 to 1906 as special agent for the United States Geological Survey in the gathering of statistics connected with the production of lead, copper, and zinc. He thoroughly understood the collection of such data and won the cooperation of producers. Among his many associates in the iron trade was Andrew Carnegie, who was interested in the publicity regarding consolidations mentioned by editorial writers. Kirchhoff's policy with respect to new developments and consolidations in the steel trade was quietly constructive and well informed but never sensational or irresponsible.
Charles participated in many conferences with the great ironmasters of this formative period. The American Institute of Mining Engineers, of which he was an early and active member, did him the unusual honor of electing him president on two widely separate occasions, in 1898-1899 and in 1911-1912. His presidential address in 1899 on "A Decade of Progress in Reducing Costs" showed his discernment and ability at their best.
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Membership
Kirchhoff belonged to many organizations, both in the United States and abroad, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain, and the Century Club of New York.
Personality
Kirchhoff was a man of slight build and of professional appearance.
Connections
On February 26, 1912, Kirchhoff was married to Erwina Diepenbrock.