. Electrical world. lternators. The session on Wednesday morning was followed by luncheon,and the afternoon was spent in a visit to the library and technicallaboratory of the Columbia University under the guidance of B. Crocker and George F. Sever. Mr. John William Lieb, Jr., the new president, was born in Newark,N. J., February 12, i860, he attended the Newark Academy and theStevens High School, Hoboken, N. J., and graduated from theStevens Institute of Technology in 1880 with the degree of mechan-ical engineer. In 1880 he engaged as draughtsman with the BrushElectric Company in Clev
. Electrical world. lternators. The session on Wednesday morning was followed by luncheon,and the afternoon was spent in a visit to the library and technicallaboratory of the Columbia University under the guidance of B. Crocker and George F. Sever. Mr. John William Lieb, Jr., the new president, was born in Newark,N. J., February 12, i860, he attended the Newark Academy and theStevens High School, Hoboken, N. J., and graduated from theStevens Institute of Technology in 1880 with the degree of mechan-ical engineer. In 1880 he engaged as draughtsman with the BrushElectric Company in Cleveland. He entered the employ of theEdison Electric Light Company. New York, in 1881, as draughts-man, and was transferred to the experimental department at theEdison machine works in 1882, He assisted in the tests of the firstJumbo direct-connected Edison dynamo, and by Mr. Edison wasput in charge of the installation of the electrical equipment of thefild Pearl Street Edison station, under the direction of Mr. C. Clarke, chief engineer. He also assisted in the tests and experimentsincident to the starting up of that pioneer station, the first com-mercial station in the United States supplying current for incan-descent lighting and power from an underground system. On theinauguration of regular service, September 4, 1882, under the aus-pices of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York,Mr. Lieb was appointed its first electrician. A syndicate of Italian capitalists with Prof. Colombo as technicaladviser, having purchased a complete equipment of boilers, engines,dynamos and Edison imderground system for Milan, Italy, Mr. Liebwas selected and dispatched by Mr. Edison to direct the Milan station, equipped with Babcock & Wilcox boilers—six 150-hp Armington & Sims engines and Edison Jumbo dynamos, beganregular service in 1883 and Mr. Lieb remained in charge as manageron the organization of the Italian Edison Company. He was ap-pointed in turn its chi
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