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Thomas was born in 1774 in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Thomas P. Jones
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Thomas P. Jones was a British-born American engineer and editor. He was superintendent and examiner of the United States Patent Office, in Washington and his interest in the progress and development of inventive talent in the United States, as well as in the general improvement of the artisan classes, continued until his death.
Career
Little is known of his early life except that Jones emigrated to the United States as a young man and settled in the South. Later he went to New York City, where he became associated with C. S. Williams in publishing the American Mechanics' Magazine, founded February 1825, of which he was editor. In August 1825 he became sole owner. In December, 1825, he was appointed professor of mechanics and natural philosophy in the Franklin Institute for the Promotion of Mechanic Arts, Philadelphia, entering upon his duties January 4, 1826. At the same time he was placed in charge of its journal, with which he merged his own periodical, the name becoming The Franklin Journal and American Mechanics' Magazine with the issue of January 1826. He undertook publication on his own account but with the assistance of the members of the Institute. This arrangement continued until the close of the year 1827, when the Institute assumed the sole responsibility for the continuance of the Journal. With the issue of January 1828 it became the Journal of the Franklin Institute, continuing as such with various subtitles, until the present time (1932).
On April 12, 1828, Jones was appointed superintendent of the United States Patent Office, in Washington, but at the meeting of the Franklin Institute held that month, a resolution was passed appointing him editor of the Journal during his life. The rest of his years were spent in Washington, where in addition to his official duties, he continued his editorial work. When the Patent Office was reorganized under the Act of July 4, 1836, he was appointed an examiner (July 4, 1837), from which position he resigned December 22, 1838.
He edited the eighth edition (1834), of the Young Mill-Wright & Millers Guide (16t ed. , 1795), by Oliver Evans; and editions (1826 and 1831, respectively) of Mrs. Jane (Haldimand) Marcet's Conversations on Natural Philosophy and New Conversations on Chemistry.
He died in Washington, District of Columbia.
Achievements
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Thomas P. Jones was a famous a cofounder as well as publisher and editor of American Mechanics Magazine. He also was the editor of the Journal of the Franklin Institute and during his editorship of twenty-two years it became a valuable repository of information concerning scientific and engineering subjects. An important feature for many years (1826 - 59) was the list of patents, with descriptions, which had been filed in the government Patent Office.
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The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide;
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The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide;
Membership
Thomas was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1834.
Personality
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According to Fowler, in his editorial capacity Jones was "always ready to recognize and warmly encourage genuine invention"; but "was equally watchful and uncompromising in showing the defects he believed to exist in any patented invention, especially in those cases in which the invention embodied no possible gain or advantage to the public".
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American