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Oldest surviving gasoline-powered automobile manufactured in Los Angeles
The Smith Automobile and Machine Company It was Christmas Day in 1909. Reuben Stanley Smith took the above photograph. Little did Alice or Reuben know at the time that this period photograph would be the only one in existence of this very special automobile that now resides at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. […]
Read more »Smith Flyer Discovered in New Zealand
“Stumbling” Across an Amazing Find in New Zealand Not too long ago, New Zealand residents and motorcycle enthusiasts Craig Eagleton, Brian and Fiona Ferguson were returning from a local vehicle enthusiasts event (carshow) when they took a leisurely ride back to Craig’s house, via Pine Harbour Marina on their Triumph and Kawasaki motorcycles. The marina […]
Read more »The Life and Times of the Alonzo Smith Family
Reuben Stanley Smith, founder of Smith Precision Products Company in 1938, was one of seven children born to Alonzo and Sarah Smith. Reuben’s engineering career has been highlighted this year with several articles posted on this website. These can be accessed by clicking on Recent News Posts or News Archives listed to the right. […]
Read more »The Smith Meter Company-Los Angeles, California
This is the fourth in a series of articles highlighting the engineering career of Reuben Stanley Smith, founder of Smith Precision Products Company in 1938. Previous articles can be accessed to the right under Recent News Posts or News Archives. Previous articles are Pioneering Advancements in Welding, World’s First Construction Assembly Line-The Mechanical Marvel and […]
Read more »Pioneering Advancements in Welding
This is the third in a series of articles that will be published on the Smith Precision Products Company website this year to highlight the engineering achievements of the Company’s founder, Reuben Stanley Smith, as celebration of the Company’s 75th anniversary year, 2013. Articles already posted involve Reuben’s work with the Smith Motorwheel and the […]
Read more »World’s First Automated Construction Assembly Line-The Mechanical Marvel
A series of articles outlining the engineering work of Reuben Stanley Smith, founder of Smith Precision Products Company, will be posted this year to highlight the 75th anniversary of the Company (1938-2013). Following is the second article posted this year. Previously posted articles can be accessed by searching Recent News Posts or News Archives. […]
Read more »The Smith Motor Wheel-A Restoration From The Heart
The founder of Smith Precision Products Company, Reuben Stanley Smith, filed seven patents between the years 1914 and 1917 for a device he called a Motor Wheel for Bicycles. The first patent (1,373,918) was filed on August 20, 1914. This occurred when Reuben was the Chief Engineer of the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin […]
Read more »“Positive-Displacement Pump Efficiency And Insufficient Static Head Pressure”
Butane-Propane News September 2010 issue.
Read more »“How Temperature and Pressure-Drops Affect Pump Transfer Rate”
Butane-Propane News July 2010 issue.
Read more »Walter Smith – “Manufacturing Challenges”
Walter Smith writes as a guest columnist for Butane-Propane News in the May 2006 issue.
Read more »Reuben Stanley Smith
Reuben Stanley Smith, or Stan as his friends and family called him, was a remarkable American inventor. Stan is known as the inventor of record for various machines and equipment because of patents he filed during his lifetime. However, he also worked on many other projects whereby patents were either not filed or the U.S. […]
Read more »The Smith-Milwaukee Motor Truck
R. Stanley Smith was the designer of a heavy-duty truck manufactured by the A.O. Smith Corporation during the years 1912 through 1915. The Smith-Milwaukee motor truck was offered in three models: 2-ton, 3-1/2 ton, and 6 ton. It incorporated several unique features, some of which included a herringbone geared transmission, worm-gear “final drive,” and […]
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