John Edison Sweet

For other people named John Sweet, see John Sweet (disambiguation).

John Edison Sweet (October 21, 1832-May 8, 1916) was an American mechanical engineer who built the first micrometer caliper in 1873, for making tools, and who invented the “straight line” engine. He was a key founder of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1880 and ASME’s third president (1884–85). Born in Pompey, New York, he died in Syracuse.

References

ASME History and Heritage (1980). Mechanical Engineers in America Born Prior to 1861: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: ASME. Library of Congress No. 79-57364.

ASME

Organizations	ASME Bioprocess Equipment group Engineering for Change

Standards	ASME B5 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code ASME Y14.41-2003 ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance-1 ASME B16

Awards	ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award ASME Medal George Westinghouse Medal Henry Laurence Gantt Medal Worcester Reed Warner Medal

People	Alexander Lyman Holley Henry Rossiter Worthington John Edison Sweet Matthias N. Forney

Related	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks Pressure vessel for human occupancy

Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

1880–1899	Robert Henry Thurston (1880-82) E. D. Leavitt (1883-84) John Edison Sweet (1884-85) J. F. Holloway (1885-86) Coleman Sellers (1886-87) George Herman Babcock (1887-88) Horace See (1888-89) Henry R. Towne (1889-90) Oberlin Smith (1890-91) Robert W. Hunt (1891-92) Charles H. Loring (1892-93) Eckley B. Coxe (1893-94) Edward F. C. Davis (1894-95) Charles E. Billings (1895-96) John Fritz (1896-97) Worcester R. Warner (1897-98) Charles Wallace Hunt (1898-99) George W. Melville (1899-1900)

1900–1920	Charles H. Morgan (1900-1901) Samuel T. Wellman (1901-1902) Edwin Reynolds (1902-1903) James M. Dodge (1903-1904) Ambrose Swasey (1904-1905) John R. Freeman (1905-1906) Frederick W. Taylor (1906-1907) F. R. Hutton (1907-1908) Minard L. Holman (1908-1909) Jesse M. Smith (1909-1910) George Westinghouse (1910-11) Edward D. Meier (1911-12) Alexander C. Humphreys (1912-13) William F. M. Goss (1913-14) James Hartness (1914-15) John A. Brashear (1915-16) David S. Jacobus (1916-17) Ira N. Hollis (1917-18) Charles T. Main (1918-19) Mortimer E. Cooley (1919-20)

1920–1939	Fred J. Miller (1920-21) Edwin S. Carman (1921-22) Dexter S. Kimball (1922-23) John L. Harrington (1923-24) Fred R. Low (1924-25) William F. Durand (1925-26) William L. Abbott (1926-27) Charles M. Schwab (1927-28) Alex Dow (1928-29) Elmer A. Sperry (1929-30) Charles Piez (1930-31) Roy V. Wright (1931-32) Conrad N. Lauer (1932-33) A. A. Potter (1933-34) Paul Doty (1934) Ralph E. Flanders (1934-36) William L. Batt (1936-37) James H. Herron (1937-38) Harvey N. Davis (1938-39) Alexander G. Christie (1939-40)

1940–1959	Warren H. McBryde (1940-41) William A. Hanley (1941-42) James W. Parker (1942-43) Harold V. Coes (1943-44) Robert M. Gates (1944-45) Alex D. Bailey (1945-46) D. Robert Yarnall (1946-47) Eugene W. O'Brien (1947-48) Ervin G. Bailey (1948-49) James Todd (1949-50) James D. Cunningham (1950-51) J. Calvin Brown (1951-52) Reginald J. S. Pigott (1952-53) Frederick S. Blackall Jr. (1953-54) Lewis K. Sillcox (1954-55) David W. R. Morgan (1955-56) Joseph W. Barker (1956-57) William F. Ryan (1957-58) James N. Landis (1958-59) Glenn B. Warren (1959-60)

1960–1979	Walker L. Cisler (1960-61) William H. Bryne (1961-62) Clifford H. Shumaker (1962-63) Ronald B. Smith (1963-64) Elmer O. Bergman (1964-65) Henry N. Muller (1965-66) James H. Harlow (1966-67) Louis N. Rowley Jr. (1967-68) George F. Habach (1968-69) Donald E. Marlowe (1969-70) Allen F. Rhodes (1970-71) Kenneth A. Roe (1971-72) Richard G. Folsom (1972-73) Daniel C. Drucker (1973-74) Richard B. Robertson (1974-75) Charles L. Tutt, III (1975-76) Earle C. Miller (1976-77) Stothe P. Kezios (1977-78) Orval L. Lewis (1978-79) Donald N. Zwiep (1979-80)

1980–1999	Charles E. Jones (1980-81) Robert B. Gaither (1981-82) Serge Gratch (1982-83) Frank M. Scott (1983-84) George Kotnick (1984-85) Leroy S. Fletcher (1985-86) Nancy D. Fitzroy (1986-87) Richard Rosenberg (1987-88) Ernest L. Daman (1988-89) Charles O. Velzy (1989-90) Arthur E. Bergles (1990-91) Nathan H. Hurt (1991-92) Joseph A. Falcon (1992-93) John H. Fernandes (1993-94) Paul J. Torpey (1994-95) Daniel T. Koenig (1995-96) Richard J. Goldstein (1996-97) Keith B. Thayer (1997-98) Winfred M. Phillips (1998-99) Robert E. Nickell (1999-2000)

2000–present	John R. Parker (2000-2001) William A. Weiblen (2001-2002) Susan H. Skemp (2002-2003) Reginald I. Vachon (2003-2004) Harry Armen (2004-2005) Richard E. Feigel (2005-2006) Terry E. Shoup (2006-2007) Sam Y. Zamrik (2007-2008) Thomas M. Barlow (2008-2009) Amos E. Holt (2009-2010) Robert T. Simmons (2010-2011) Victoria Rockwell (2011-2012) Marc Goldsmith (2012-2013) Madiha Kotb (2013-2014) J Robert Sims (2014-2015)

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