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Warner & Swasey Company

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Warner & Swasey Company was an American manufacturer of high-quality machine tools, instruments, and special machinery. It operated as an independent business firm, based in Cleveland, from its founding in 1880 until its acquisition in 1980. Originally founded as a partnership in 1880 by Worcester Reed Warner (1846-1929) and Ambrose Swasey (1846-1937), the company was best known for two general types of products: astronomical telescopes and turret lathes. It also did a large amount of instrument work, such as equipment for astronomical observatories and military instruments (rangefinders, optical gunsights, etc.). The themes that united these various lines of business were the crafts of toolmaking and instrument-making, which have often overlapped technologically.

Warner and Swasey Observatory

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Warner and Swasey Observatory is the astronomical observatory of Case Western Reserve University. Named after Worcester R. Warner and Ambrose Swasey, who built it at the beginning of the 20th century, it was initially located on Taylor Road in East Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The observatory, which at that time housed a 9.5-inch (24 cm) refractor, was donated in 1919 to the Case School of Applied Science. The newer 24-inch (61 cm) Burrell Schmidt telescope was built in 1939.

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The ASME Medal

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The ASME Medal, established in 1929, is the highest award bestowed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. One medal is awarded annually to recognize "eminently distinguished engineering achievement." The medal, inscribed with the words "What is not yet, may be.", is awarded with a $15,000 prize. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering. The ASME was founded in 1880 by Alexander Lyman Holley, Henry Rossiter Worthington, John Edison Sweet and Matthias N. Forney in response to numerous steam boiler pressure vessel failures. The organization is known for setting codes and standards for mechanical devices. The ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations through its ASME Press, holds numerous technical conferences and hundreds of professional development courses each year, and sponsors numerous outreach and educational programs.