Background
Carpenter, Rolla Clinton was born on June 26, 1852 in Orion, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles K. and Jennette (Coryell) Carpenter.
Carpenter, Rolla Clinton was born on June 26, 1852 in Orion, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles K. and Jennette (Coryell) Carpenter.
Brother of Louis George and William Leland C. Bachelor of Science, Michigan Agricultural College, 1873, Master of Science. Civil Engineer, University of Michigan, 1875.
Master of Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1888. (Doctor of Laws, Michigan Agricultural College, 1906).
Instructor and professor of mathematics and civil engineering, Michigan Agricultural College, 1875-1890. Associate professor engineering, 1890-1895, professor experimental engineering, 1895-1917, Cornell Univercity (emeritus). Consulting engineer for Helderburg, Cayuga Lake, Quaker Portland, Great Northern, Belleville Portland, California and Atlas Portland cement companies.
Constructed numerous power stations for electrical rys.
Patent expert in several important cases. Engineer for City of New York for high pressure pumping engines, 1911-1912.
Engineer for Kopper’s Company. Brooklyn pumping engines, 1914.
Lighting and heating of city buildings, 1913-1916.
High pressure fire system, City of Baltimore, 1911. Judge of machinery and transportation, Chicago Exposition, 1893, Buffalo Exposition, 1901, Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Author: Experimental Engineering (8 edits), 1890, 1902.
Heating and Ventilating (6 edits), 1898, 1910.
The Gas Engine (with Professor Diedrichs). Heating and Ventilation (New International Encyclopedia and Kidder’s Architectural Pocket Book).
Home: Ithaca, New New York
Married Marion Dewey, 1876.