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SEELY 29.04. 1884 Chester NY/USA 15.09. 1968 San Mateo CA/USA Fred (Frederick) B. Seely, Jr., received his education from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA, from where he obtained the BS degree in 1907, and from University of Illinois, Urbana IL, receiving the MS degree in mechanical engineering in 1915. After service in 1908 as an instructor at Villanova College, King City Ont., Canada, he was from 1909 to retirement from associate professor to professor of theoretical and applied mechanics at University of Illinois, serving there also as Head of Department. Seely was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, the Chicago Engineers Club, and the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis. Seely was known for several books and papers published in the then journals of the day. His Analytical mechanics for engineers was among the most read by students, given its basic but clear approach. The basic principles of mechanics are outlined, and were built as much as possible from common experience. A physical rather than a mathematical interpretation of these principles was attempted. Additional books included works in mechanics and material sciences, which were addressed to undergraduate and graduate students. The 1917 report deals with the outflow through submerged short pipes under various nozzle angles and lengths. The coefficient of discharge was found to vary with essentially the pipe velocity, becoming almost a constant for velocities in excess of 0.5 m/s, thereby pointing at viscous effects for small velocities. In addition, the angle of the mouthpiece was found to have a significant effect on the outflow features. The results were compared with classical data on this basic hydraulic problem. The 1918 report is a more general account on the topic of general pressurized pipe flow reflecting the experimental approaches made in the early 20th century. Anonymous (1948). Seely, Fred B. Who’s who in engineering 6: 1771. Lewis: New York. Seely, F.B. (1915). Flow of water through submerged orifices and short tubes with mouthpieces. University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign. Seely, F.B. (1917). The effect of mouthpieces on the flow of water through a submerged short pipe. Bulletin 96. Engineering Experiment Station, University of Illinois: Urbana. Seely, F.B., Ensign, N.E. (1921). Analytical mechanics for engineers, 2nd ed. in 1933. Wiley: NY. Talbot, A.N., Seely, F.B., Fleming, V.R., Enger, M.L. (1918). Hydraulic experiments with valves, orifices, hose, nozzles, and orifice buckets. University of Illinois: Urbana. https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=5995 P

SEERY 24.05. 1874 Waterbury CT/USA 27.07. 1947 Dover DE/USA Francis Joseph Seery served from 1893 to 1900 his home city as engineering assistant on construction of the additional water supply. He was transitman in 1900 for the Isthmian Canal Commission, and then decided to continue his education. He received in 1905 the BSc degree in civil engineering from Tufts College, Medford MA, and then served as assistant engineer on the construction of the Barge Canal, New York State. He was in 1905 appointed instructor of hydraulic engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, a teaching career that lasted until 1942. Seery was promoted to assistant professor in 1907, and full professor of hydraulic engineering in 1918. He taught courses in water supply, hydraulic construction, water power and pumping plants, hydraulic engineering, and reclamation problems. Seery prepared numerous reports, including these on the hydroelectric development on Geneganslet Creek, and Oswegatchie River in New York State in 1909, the design of the Potters Falls Dam on the Six Mile Creek in Ithaca, or valuation appraisals for water plants. He also served as hydraulic engineer the US Geological Survey in 1918. After World War I, he made a design for the water supply of Moravia NY, a review of the Jadwin Plan for flood protection of the Mississippi River in 1925, an expertise on the hydraulics for the State of New York on various cases in 1936, or an expertise on the hydraulic meters for the New York State attorney general’s department on water supply of Rochester NY in 1937. At Cornell University, Seery was convinced of the value of hydraulic experimentation. The educational worth of the most relevant problems found feedback by the students. This feature of Seery’s teaching methods became incorporated in other fields in the curriculum of the School of Civil Engineering. In his work as teacher, Seery stressed conception, design, construction, and maintenance of hydraulic engineering structures. He was an expert in water works valuation and hydrology, and served as chairman of the Board of Public Works of Ithaca NY. During the first World War, he was superintendent of construction at Camp Dix NJ, in charge of water and sewage. Seery was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE from 1921. Anonymous (1947). Prof. Seery dies. Cornell Alumni News 50(2): 47. P Anonymous (1948). Francis J. Seery. Trans. ASCE 113: 1541-1543. Seery, F.J. (1906). Some features of Isthmian Canal Projects. Cornell Civil Engineer 14(Jan. 19).