Spencer Heath
Spencer Heath was an aero inventor and propeller expert in Washington, DC (Clinton Avenue, Woodridge) and Baltimore (243—249, East Hamburg Street – this block looks like it was rebuilt as w:Southern High School (Baltimore, Maryland), which wikipedia curiously says was built in 1910.)
He founded the American Propeller and Manufacturing Company around 1910-12 first in DC then moved it to Baltimore. This company "manufactured 75 percent of all propellers used by America in World War I."[1][2]
There are many patents in google identified with him that we don't have here yet.
enwp cites his publications:
- Spencer Heath (October 1910). "Propeller Design and Construction". Aeronautics: 112.
- "American Propeller and Manufacturing Company's new plant". Aerial Age Weekly. 26 August 1916.
This person had 6 publications and 10 patents in this database.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Spencer Heath
- Patent US-1907-913517 (English title: Aerial vessel, Filing date: 1907-08-27)
- Patent US-1908-1043830 (English title: Propeller, Filing date: 1908-12-01)
- Patent GB-1909-18578 (English title: Improvements in Screw Propellers and Method of Manufacturing the same, Filing date: 1909-08-12)
- Patent AT-1909-52241 (English title: Method of constructing two-bladed screw propellers from sheet metal or the like, Filing date: 1909-08-12)
- Patent FR-1909-406111 (English title: Propellers and method of constructing them, Filing date: 1909-08-14)
- Patent CA-1910-129134 (English title: Screw Propeller, Filing date: 1910-09-02)
- Patent US-1911-998897 (English title: Propeller, Filing date: 1911-02-15)
- Patent GB-1912-22101 (English title: Production of Propellers, Filing date: 1912-09-28)
- Patent US-1918-1339886 (English title: Protector for propeller-blades, Filing date: 1918-09-18)
- Patent US-1918-1364197 (English title: High-speed propeller, Filing date: 1918-10-07)
Publications by or about Spencer Heath
- Heath, 1910, Propeller design and construction (Simple title: Propeller design and construction, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Heath, 1911, Three patents allowed Spencer Heath (Simple title: Three patents allowed Spencer Heath, Journal: Aero)
- Heath, 1912, Some notes on propeller design (Simple title: Some notes on propeller design, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Heath, 1913, Heath propeller pitch meter (Simple title: Heath propeller pitch meter, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Heath, 1913, Requirements essential to propeller efficiency (Simple title: Requirements essential to propeller efficiency, Journal: Aircraft)
- Heath, 1913, The construction of propellers (Simple title: The construction of propellers, Journal: Aeronautics)
References
| Names | Spencer Heath |
|---|---|
| Countries | US |
| Locations | Washington, DC, Baltimore city, MD |
| Occupations | patent agent, manufacturer |
| Tech areas | Propellers, many |
| Accreditations | |
| Affiliations | American Propeller and Manufacturing Company |
| Family name | |
| Birth date | 1876 |
| Death date | 1963 |
| Wikidata id | Q9079286 |
