BAILEY E.G.

BAILEY E.G. 25.12. 1880 Damascus OH/USA 18.12. 1974 Easton PA/USA Ervin George Bailey obtained his ME degree from Ohio State University in 1903, the Hon. Dr. Eng. degree from Lehigh University in 1937, and in 1943 the Hon. Dr. Sc. degree from Lafayette College. Bailey joined from 1903 to 1907 the staff of the Testing Dept., Consolidation Coal Co. In 1909 he became a partner of the Fuel Testing Co, and was in 1916 the founder and president of the Bailey Meter Co., which he took over in 1944 as chairman. In parallel, Bailey was from 1926 to 1936 president of the Fuller Lehigh Co., and from 1931 to 1951 vicepresident of Babcock & Wilcox Co. Bailey was the ‘Dean of combustion engineers’ for his revolutionary invention of the Bailey Boiler Meter. This instrument is considered to mark the beginning of the art of automation. Today, both the Bailey Meter and the automation concept it fostered are recognized throughout the world. For almost 50 years Bailey devoted his inventive and executive abilities to improve the science of steam and combustion engineering. Early in his career Bailey saw the need for recording meters to improve combustion efficiency in steam boilers. He developed a meter in which the steam and air flow pens gave an instantaneous indication of steam output and excess combustion air. The meter guided firemen in burning coal, and furnished information to correct faulty operating conditions. It could also be adapted to the firing of oil, gas, and other fuels. The Bailey Boiler Meter is still widely used and has an important factor in improving the fuel burning efficiency of steam boiler plants. His meter proved so successful that Bailey formed his own company to manufacture and sell it. His company began soon to develop other products, including flow meters, combustion control mechanisms, and devices to record pressure, temperature or other parameters of working fluids. Bailey was also a professional leader. He served as president ASME in 1948, and was awarded the ASME Medal in 1942, the society’s highest honor. He was an Honorary Member of ASME, ASCE, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. Anonymous (1948). E.G. Bailey. Mechanical Engineering 70(1): 51. P Anonymous (1954). Bailey, Ervin George. Who’s who in engineering 7: 89. Lewis: New York. Anonymous (1975). Ervin George Bailey. Mechanical Engineering 97(2): 88-89. P Bailey, E.G. (1916). Steam flow measurement. Trans. ASME 38: 775-782. Bailey, E.G. (1939). Modern boiler furnaces. Trans. ASME 61(10): 561-576. https://www.google.ch/search?q=%22Ervin+george+bailey%22&hl=de&start=0&sa=N

BAILEY G.I. 24.12. 1861 Hempstead TX/USA 28.03. 1908 New York NY/USA George Irving Bailey entered after graduation from Albany High School in 1880 the Department of the State Engineer. He was a rodman until 1884, then leveller and draftsman until 1892, during which time he was in charge of the lengthening of locks on the Erie Canal. He was then engaged for a storage dam across the Genesee River conducting tests for the tensile and crushing strength of concrete, which counted to the earliest made in dam engineering. He was in 1892 appointed superintendent of the waterworks, Albany NY. He in parallel presided the newly formed Board of Water Commissioners. Bailey was interested in developing the Albany water-works by adding new pumps with a capacity of 700 l/s and 3.3 km of main pipes of 0.80 m diameter. From 1897 filtration of the Hudson River water was considered, which was thought to be the only means to improve the then hopeless situation. Bailey visited various filtration plants, and the matter was finally submitted to Allen Hazen (1869-1930), who recommended slow sand filters to be used. Hazen was then appointed chief engineer under the supervision of Bailey, and the filters were successfully completed. These works were published in the annual reports, with accounts on their operation and the consequent reduction of the typhoid death-rate of the population. The schemes of Bailey and Hazen were considered a definite advance of drinking water treatment, so that visitors from all over the USA were eager to see this engineering feature. In 1902 Bailey was called to New York City to complete defaulted contracts, a work which was satisfactorily completed. He also designed sewers in Boston Road and in Bryant Avenue. Shortly before his death he was engaged with the completion of a filtration plant in Yonkers NY. While apparently in perfect health, he was stricken with heart trouble, passing away the next day. Bailey was member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the New England Water Works Association. He published several papers in the Engineering News. Anonymous (1908). George Irving Bailey. Trans. ASCE 61: 556-559. Bailey, G.I. (1899). The care of fire hydrants in winter. Journal of the New England Water Works Association 14(2): 116-123. P Bailey, G.I. (1900). Discussion of The Albany water filtration plant, by A. Hazen. Trans. ASCE 43: 296-301. Bailey, G.I. (1901). The effect of water meters on water consumption in the larger cities of the United States. Journal of the New England Water Works Association 15(4): 351-359.