. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. al work as consulting electrical en-gineer, and is now secretary and managerof the Electric Utilities Co., New York. Heis an associate member of the American In-stitute of Electrical Engineers. Fuller, Arthur Ames (, 88), wasborn in Providence, R. I., October 19, was Assistant Professor of Engineeringand Physics at the Missouri State University,for the collegiate year 1888-89, ^t resignedat t
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. al work as consulting electrical en-gineer, and is now secretary and managerof the Electric Utilities Co., New York. Heis an associate member of the American In-stitute of Electrical Engineers. Fuller, Arthur Ames (, 88), wasborn in Providence, R. I., October 19, was Assistant Professor of Engineeringand Physics at the Missouri State University,for the collegiate year 1888-89, ^t resignedat the beginning of his second year to takecharge of the machine-shops of the BuildersIron Foundry at Providence, R. I., whichhad then been awarded its first contract fromthe United States government for the fab-rication of 12-inch breech-loading rifled mor-tars. Under his direction the shops werefitted for this work, and special tools weredesigned and built. The latter included arifling-machine, a combined threading- andslotting-machine, a breech-milling machine,and an adjustable furnace to heat steel hoopsof various sizes by the impingement of gasflames against the hoops. The registering. A. A. Fuller instrument for the Venturi water-meter wasdesigned under his instrument has made practical the util-ization of the principles of Torricellistheorem and the Venturi tube for the com-mercial purpose of measuring the quantityof liquids flowing through pipes. In all ofthis work he desires to acknowledge the ableassistance of Mr. F. N. Connet and Mr. Jackson, both Stevens graduates. Hehas had charge of some large machine-shopconstruction, including steam-engines, mor-tar-carriages, printing-presses, etc., as well THE ALUMNI 395 as the manufacture of smaller products, suchas hot-air engines, wood-trimmers, grindingand polishing machinery, etc. In 1899 heresigned his position at the Builders IronFoundry to accept the superintendence ofthe Providence Engine
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