Papers on power plants and heating, 1912-1954.

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Papers on power plants and heating, 1912-1954.

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The collection consists of Robert Y. Sigworth's papers: Power house design for the Pennsylvania State College (May 1919); Estimating the coal consumption of isolated buildings (ca. 1944, 2 copies); Necessity of metering devices in power plants (Sept. 1937); The Pennsylvania State College report of electrical inspection (Feb. 1936); Our job (Jan. 1940); Duplex steam pump test (Nov. 1918); Report on electrical energy costs, fuel, campus, power plant, West Penn exchange, May 1, 1931 to April 30, 1932 (Jan. 1933); Heat controls on campus buildings (June 1937); Hot water generators (Dec. 1951); Steam consumption in college buildings (April 1953, 2 copies; and 1942-43); Steam consumption in university buildings (May 1954); Outfull sewer (Sept. 1912); Some controlling factors in boiler water conditioning (ca. 1936); and Service water heaters and their controls (ca. 1950).

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Sigworth, Robert Y. (Robert Young), 1893-1998

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Robert Y. Sigworth graduated from the Pennsylvania State College in 1919. He became supervisor of utilities at the college. From the description of Papers on power plants and heating, 1912-1954. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33195556 Robert Young Sigworth was born August 13, 1893 in Leper, Clarion County, Pa. He received a bachelor's degree in 1919 and the master's mechanical engineer degree in 1924, both from the Pennsylvania State College. ...