. 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. ., 00), was en-gaged for a time on experimental work ona refrigerating-machine; with Mr. E. F. Fer-guson, New York, 1901-02; and with theIves Process Co., New York, from 1902until his death, September 25, 1904. Flack, Jacob Day (, 87), was bornin Baltimore, Md., July 26, 1864. His earlyeducation was received in the public schools 390 THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and in the Friends elementary a
. 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. ., 00), was en-gaged for a time on experimental work ona refrigerating-machine; with Mr. E. F. Fer-guson, New York, 1901-02; and with theIves Process Co., New York, from 1902until his death, September 25, 1904. Flack, Jacob Day (, 87), was bornin Baltimore, Md., July 26, 1864. His earlyeducation was received in the public schools 390 THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and in the Friends elementary and highschool, Baltimore, Md., up to 1881. He wasa machinist apprentice in the Penns>lvaniaRailroad shops at Baltimore, Md., in 1883,and in May of that year he won the milehandicap and mile scratch races at the meetof the Capital Bicycle Club, Washington,D. C. In the following July he also won theten-mile Maryland State Bicycle champion-ship. He was with the Edison Lamp Co., EastNewark, N. J., 1887-88; with the WestonElectrical Instrument Co., Newark, N. J.,1888-89; assistant electrician for the EdisonLamp Co., 1889-91; superintendent of motivepower and construction of the same com-. J. D. Flack pany, 1891-95; consulting and constructingelectrical and mechanical engineer. NewYork, 1895-97; superintendent and mechan-ical director of the Home Ice Machine Co.,Baltimore, Md., 1897-98; with Burhorn &Granger, engineers, New York, 1899; engi-neer and salesman with Steele & Condict,manufacturers of refrigerating and ice-mak-ing machinery, Jersey City, N. J., 1899-1900;and in a similar capacity with the Isbell-Porter Co., Newark, N. J., 1900-01. Assuperintending engineer of the InternationalSmokeless Powder & Dynamite Co., 1901-03, he reconstructed the entire plant and putit in successful operation for the manufactur-ing of smokeless powder for the United States Government. He conducted experi-mental work for the International LithoidCo., Philadelphia, in 1903 ; and has been su-perin
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