Background
Timby, Theodore Ruggles was born on April 5, 1819 in Dover, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Son of George W. and Sarah Johnson T., of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Timby, Theodore Ruggles was born on April 5, 1819 in Dover, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Son of George W. and Sarah Johnson T., of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Educational public schools. Honorary degrees: Master of Arts, Madison University, 1867. South Dakot, University of Troy, O., 1882.
Doctor of Laws, Iowa Wesleyan University, 1891.
Invented floating dry-dock, 1836. Invented, 1841, the revolving turret used on the Monitor, and battleships. Invented practical method of raising sunken vessels, 1841, the American turbine waterwheel or motor, 1844, and in 1857, the first commercially portable 33-inch mercurial barometer.
From 1861 to 1891, invented and patented, at home and abroad, a system of coast defenses known as follows: The sighting and firing of heavy guns by electricity.
The tower and shield. The cordon across the channel.
The planetary and subterranean systems, with 15 other modifications of the turret system. Invented and patented improvements in pneumatic and hydraulic power.
Also a new principal in Turbine water-wheels or motors.
In 1890 the New York legislature, by unanimous concurrent resolution, and the judges of New York Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, by petition, asked Congress to give him national recognition. Author: Beyond; Stellar Worlds. Lighted Lore for Gentle Folk.
Address: Brooklyn, New New York
Married Charlotte M. Ware, 1844.