. Railway age . New Freight Car Repair Shop at Topeka: Atchison. Topeka & Santa. Interior of Fc Shop at Topeka; Atchison. A Santa Fe. Januauy 17, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 89 Coleman Sellers. Ur. Coleman Selleis, one of the mosL ilistinguishuil meL-hanicalengineers of the nineteenth century, both a scientist and an in-ventor, died at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December2H, 1907, at the age of 81. Or. Sellers was born in Philadelphia, and in boyhood workedon a farm. His parents intended to have him live a farmers life,lull his mechanical bent was irresistible and during th
. Railway age . New Freight Car Repair Shop at Topeka: Atchison. Topeka & Santa. Interior of Fc Shop at Topeka; Atchison. A Santa Fe. Januauy 17, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 89 Coleman Sellers. Ur. Coleman Selleis, one of the mosL ilistinguishuil meL-hanicalengineers of the nineteenth century, both a scientist and an in-ventor, died at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December2H, 1907, at the age of 81. Or. Sellers was born in Philadelphia, and in boyhood workedon a farm. His parents intended to have him live a farmers life,lull his mechanical bent was irresistible and during the two yearsthat he worked on a farm he gave his time largely to improvingfarm implements. At the age of 19 he left the farm and went towork for his elder brothers in the Globe Rolling Mill at Cincin-nati as draftsman, and from this time on the story of his achieve-ments is a continuous record of important inventions rapidly suc-ceeding one another. The story of his lite, printed below, fromthe pen of the late president of Stevens Institute of Technology,gives the Impressions
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