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James Hartness

Biographical

Hartness was born in Schenectady, New York, one of three sons. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1863 where his father was a foreman in local machine shops and Hartness attended public school. Hartness worked up through the ranks in machine shops in Connecticut before moving to Springfield, Vermont, where he had a brilliant career as an innovator of machine tools. He became one of the nation first aviators and became a one-term governor of the state of Vermont. He had two daughters, Anna and Helen. His daughter, Helen (Helen Hartness Flanders), was a noted folk song collector who married Ralph Flanders, a U.S. Senator from Vermont Hartness died in Springfield in 1934. He is buried in the Summer Hill Cemetery in Springfield, not far from his mansion. The Hartness mansion is now (as of 2007) the “Hartness House”, a bed-and-breakfast hotel and restaurant.

Engineering innovation and entrepreneurship

At age 16, Hartness began his career in machine shops. At age 21 he became a foreman at the Winsted-Norway Bolt Company in Winsted, Connecticut. He moved in 1886 to Torrington, Connecticut to work as a tool-maker and foreman at the Union Hardware Company. His lifetime achievement of more than 100 patents began here with patents of locks, roller skates, and bicycle pedal mechanisms.

Hartness had an unpleasant experience at Union Hardware: he had been understandably naive about arranging for royalties on his patents, and the business owners chose not to help rectify the oversight. He did not get to share in the profits derived from the patents. In September 1888, after he had lost several weeks’ work to illness, Union Hardware told him not to return.

During the winter of 1888-1889, he worked briefly for several companies: Pratt & Whitney in Hartford, Connecticut; Eaton, Cole and Burnham Co. in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and a plant in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Roe (1937) surmised that sometime during 1888 or a little before, the idea of the flat-turret lathe had developed in his mind; and that his peregrinations in the winter of 1888-1889 were in search of a suitable company at which to build it.

Hartness 3×36 flat turret lathe with cross sliding head, equipped for bar work.

In April 1889 he moved to Springfield, Vermont to become the superintendent at the struggling Jones and Lamson (J&L) Machine Company. He used his creative energy to revitalize the company. Here he found his chance to manufacture the flat-turret lathe, which increased efficiency and productivity and was especially well adapted to the burgeoning automobile industry. The flat turret lathe improved upon earlier turret lathes via greater rigidity, allowing higher precision, higher speeds and feeds, and longer cuts. Hartness also developed an array of highly advanced tooling to complement the lathe, including improved roller bar feed and die head designs. All of these advantages allowed better parts to be made faster, and thus less expensively, which made the lathe highly desirable to manufacturers. This time, Hartness was prepared to defend his interest in his patent. He arranged with J&L to receive a $100 royalty on each machine.

Hartness changed J&L business model from making a wide variety of machines to order to specializing in the manufacturing and improving of this one product. With rapid acceptance of this machine tool, orders reached 10 units per day from the manufacturing sector. As a result, Hartness reportedly received up to $1,000 per day in royalties. He also introduced appealing and informative catalogues to market the new Jones and Lamson products. Hartness acquired a large interest in J&L. He became manager in 1896 and president in 1901 until his retirement in 1933.

“You will hear from that young man again, and from this ‘Lazy Susan’ of his.”

 Ambrose Swasey, on James Hartness, after Hartness had unsuccessfully shopped his flat-turret idea around with several machine tool builders, including Warner & Swasey. Swasey was the only one who predicted success for the idea.

James Hartness with his most successful invention, the flat turret lathe, ca. 1920. Jones & Lamson publicity photo.

In 1915 Hartness reluctantly decided to engage in ar business, heeding his brother John pleas from the London office of J&L. During World War I Hartness, as a representative of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), became Chairman of the National Screw-Thread Commission, the mission of which was to create international standards for the measurement and sizing of screw threads.

Bar workieces made by a turret lathe from a long bar of stock

Hartness discouraged modernizing of the Hartness Flat Turret Lathe. Nevertheless, it remained a very successful product until after Hartness’s retirement, when a new J&L turret lathe model by John Lovely finally replaced it.

Hartness interest in the measurement and standardization led to his invention of an optical device that allowed the profile of small parts to be illuminated and compared with their desired outline. Traditionally, mechanics used a mechanical gauge to assess whether screws were to specifications. Hartness employed his knowledge of optics and magnification to devise a much more practical optical method for measurement. The Hartness Screw-Thread Comparator was his crowning achievement in the profitability of J&L. Today optical comparators are a common form of equipment in many machine shops.

Mentor of machine tool entrepreneurs

Hartness encouraged talented inventors in his employ at J&L to strike out on their own as entrepreneurs. These included three Springfield companies and one Windsor, Vermont company:

Edwin R. Fellows, founder of the Fellows Gear Shaper Company

William L. Bryant, founder of the Bryant Chucking Grinder Company

Fred P. Lovejoy, founder of the Lovejoy Tool Company

George O. Gridley, founder of the National Acme Company

The companies started by these men helped make Springfield and Windsor a prosperous manufacturing region, thanks not to its access to raw materials or markets, but due to a pool of talented engineers and machinists.

Encouragement of smarter management with better relationship to workers

His son-in-law, Ralph Flanders, reported that Hartness examined ome of the elements which go into making workmen both contented and productive in his book The Human Factor in Works Management. His Hartness Turret Lathe Manual starts with the statement:

Since the machine is only an implement, it cannot be considered a thing entirely apart from the man. In fact, the man is the greater part. The personal welfare of the operator must be considered. This is something more than the man relation to the machine. It includes an equally important phaseis relationship to other men and to his environment in general.

In a sense Hartness was responding to the era’s enthusiastic fervor for scientific management, which Hartness and many others felt did not adequately address the psychology of how to manage employees as human beings and maintain their respect.

Affiliations, degrees, and medals

Hartness was an active member of the following engineering, scientific, and arts societies:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which elected him president (1914-15) http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/ASMEHistory/Presidents.cfm.

Society of Automotive Engineers

British Institute of Mechanical Engineers

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)

British Royal Aeronautical Society (Fellow)

British Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts

Aero Club of America

Aero Club of Vermont

His life achievements were recognized with honorary degrees from the University of Vermont (MA in 1910 and LLD in 1921) and Yale University (MA). The Franklin Institute awarded Hartness the Edward Longstreth Medal in 1921, recognizing his contributions to mechanical engineering. In the same year the American Philosophical Society awarded the John Scott Medal to Hartness for the flat turret lathe, citing its usefulness in making artillery.

Aviation

James Hartness with Charles Lindbergh at Springfield, Vermont’s airport in July, 1927. Image courtesy of Springfield Art & Historical Society.

Hartness first flew in Germany in 1913 in a hydrogen-filled airship, designed by Ferdinand von Zeppelin. In 1914, Hartness learned to fly a 35 horsepower (26 kW) Wright Flyer near Garden City, New York. He obtained his pilot’s license from the Aero Club of America. He encouraged, and served as president of, the Vermont Aero Club. He donated the land for the Springfield Aerodrome to the state, establishing the first airfield in Vermont, now known as “Hartness State Airport”.

After his trans-Atlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh toured the United States in the Spirit of St. Louis to promote aviation. He landed in Springfield on July 26, 1927 in his visit to Vermont and spoke at a large gathering at the airport. Hartness hosted Lindbergh at his home.

Crowd attending celebration of Charles Lindbergh’s arrival at Springfield, Vermont’s airport in July, 1927. Image courtesy of Springfield Art & Historical Society.

Astronomy

Hartness’s Equatorial-Plane Turret Telescope located at the Hartness Mansion in Springfield, Vermont, ca. 1912.

Hartness interest in optics and astronomy led to his development of a telescope mount with the revolving dome on an equatorial plane. An additional feature of this telescope, which still stands at the former Hartness Mansion, was that the optics of the telescope passed through a lens in the wall of the dome. This allowed the observer to stay warm in winter. (Conventional telescopes were often contained within domes that opened an aperture for the telescope to gain exposure both to the sky and the ambient air.) The success of this patent led to more telescope activities and commissions. With Hartness’s encouragement and financial support, Russell W. Porter initiated the Springfield Telescope Makers Club. The club still celebrates their annual Stellafane gathering in Springfield.

Governor of Vermont

Hartness was a one-term governor of Vermont from 1921 to 1923. He campaigned on the issue of enticing Vermonters to stay in state rather than seek employment elsewhere. He also promised an improved transportation system and more manufacturing to supplement the traditional agricultural economy. He won the election by a wider margin in the state than Warren Harding, who carried Vermont in the presidential race that year.

References

^ a b c d e “Springfield in Mourning as Last Rites are Held for James Hartness Inventor, Scientist and Ex-Governor”, Springfield (Vermont) Reporter, February 9 1934 

^ a b c d Roe 1937, pp. 10-11.

^ a b c Hartness, James (1910). Hartness Turret Lathe Manual. Springfield, Vermont: Jones and Lamson Machine Company. 

^ a b c d e Flanders, Ralph (1961). Senator from Vermont. Boston: Little, Brown. 

^ Roe 1937, pp. 34-36.

^ a b c d e Wicks, Frank (November 1999). “Renaissance tool man”. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/membersonly/nov99/features/tool/tool.html. 

^ “Honors awarded by philosophers, Governor Hartness wins the John Scott Medal for lathe used in artillery, another for Mme. Curie, Stewart Paton, in address, calls radicalism and bolshevism result of cowardice.”, New York Times, June 23, 1921, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE2D7113FE432A25757C2A9629C946095D6CF 

^ Roe 1937, pp. 89-90.

^ A Brief History of Stellafane Accessed online: September 2, 2007.

Bibliography

Books by Hartness

Hartness, James (1909). Machine building for profit and the Hartness flat turret lathe. Jones & Lamson Machine Company. 

Hartness, James (1912). The Human Factor in Works Management. New York and London: McGraw-Hill. p. 159 pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=QB41AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=James+Hartness+Human+Factor+in+Works+Management.  Republished by Hive Publishing Co (Hive management history series, no. 46) (ISBN 978-0879600471).

Hartness, James (1910). Hartness Flat Turret Lathe Manual: A Hand Book for Operators. Springfield, Vermont and London: Jones & Lamson Machine Company. p. 191 pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=LLY5AAAAMAAJ&dq=james+hartness+flat+turret+lathe+manual&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=iXRKj29_MO&sig=yI5woROSmYOHIBHxIqT-dmkmenA/. 

Hartness, James (1920). The Hartness Screw Thread Comparator. Jones & Lamson Machine Company. p. 46 pages. 

Hartness, James (1921). Industrial Progress and Human Economics. Commissioner of Industries.  Republished by Kessinger Publishing, 2004, as ISBN 978-1-4191-2645-1.

Biography

Roe, Joseph Wickham (1937), James Hartness: a Representative of the Machine Age at Its Best, New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, LCCN 37-016470; OCLC 3456642 

Further reading

Hartness for Governor Club (1920). Campaign of progress for Vermonters: A drive for creation and cultivation of industrial plants. Hartness for Governor Club. p. 48 pages. 

Wicks, Frank (November 1999). “Renaissance tool man”. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/membersonly/nov99/features/tool/tool.html. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 

“Hartness Houseistory and Observatory”. http://www.hartnesshouse.com/hartness-history.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 

Roe, Joseph Wickham (1916), English and American Tool Builders, New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press, LCCN 16-011753, http://books.google.com/books?id=X-EJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage . Reprinted by McGraw-Hill, New York and London, 1926 (LCCN 27-024075); and by Lindsay Publications, Inc., Bradley, IL, USA (ISBN 978-0-917914-73-7). pp. 197-200.

External links

Inventory of the James Hartness Papers, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library

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Ramada Encore London West $71.32 Ramada Encore London West > LHR > 4 Portal Way > London > > W3 6RT>Location. Ramada Encore London West stands on Gypsy Corner, five miles west of central London. North Action Underground Station stands within 200 meters of the hotel. Moreover, Royal Albert Hall presents big name entertainment and events only five kilometers from Ramada Encore London West. London Heathrow Airport is 12 kilometers away. Hotel Features. In the lobby, floor to ceiling windows welcome natural light. The hotel hosts business and social gatherings in its five equipped meeting rooms, complete with wireless Internet service. Among its dining amenities, Ramada Encore London West offers Wok Around the World restaurant, where chefs prepare Asian cuisine in a show kitchen. Meanwhile, 2Go snack shop serves fresh Starbucks coffee and snacks. Additionally, full English and continental breakfasts are served in The Hub bar and coffee shop. Guestrooms. Ramada Encore London West presents 150 guestrooms dispersed across six floors. Rooms feature wood flooring and minimalist style furniture. Beds are dressed in bright primary colored spreads over crisp white linens. Colorful modern art accessorizes the rooms. Work desks with high speed Internet ports and futuristic swivel chairs create functional office accommodations. Meanwhile, upholstered armchairs or sofas provide a perfect spot to relax and enjoy entertainment from the room’s flat screen television. Rooms also feature soundproofed windows. Moreover, private bathrooms display metal sinks, glass shelves, tiled floors and walk in power showers. Expert Tip. Tours of historic Royal Albert Hall provide a peek into the exclusive Queen’s box.>The closest major airports to Ramada Encore London West are:London (LHR Heathrow) 14.1 km / 8.8 miLondon (LGW Gatwick) 41.2 km / 25.6 miThe preferred airport for Ramada Encore London West is London (LHR Heathrow). Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

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How to Find a Great Italian Restaurant

How can good Italian food or a great Italian restaurant be identified?  What follows is one foodie’s opinion.

First of all, you must understand Italy’s wonderful tradition of fine food. The importance of cuisine to Italian culture cannot be overstated. Food is one of the central pieces of Italian life, and why shouldn’t it be? The choices are endless!  Think about Italy’s geography for a second:

• It stretches far from north to south, from the heat of Sicily to the Alps. Therefore, it has a wide array of growing seasons and soil types. This means a rich diversity of ingredients for food.
• It is a peninsula, meaning it is nearly surrounded by the sea but also connected to the great Eurasian land mass. This provides both an abundance of fresh seafood and foreign ingredients from neighboring lands.
• It is situated between Europe and Africa in the Mediterranean. It is not an exaggeration to say that all Mediterranean cultures have wonderful food cultures. This is true from North Africa to Lebanon and Israel, France, Greece, Spain and, of course, Italy.

When people think of noodles and pasta, Italy is what comes to mind.  Remember, though, that those wonderful inventions came to Italy from China thanks to Marco Polo. It tells you a lot about Italian food culture that something so basic became associated with Italy even though it did not originate there.

At any rate, Italian culture rests heavily on food. Therefore, the food is the most important part of any Italian restaurant. Of course, a great Italian restaurant will have a great wine list, a clean and elegant decor, and marvelous service, but a good Italian restaurant can get by on great food alone, even if they have a crummy wine list, poor service, and dingy decor.

By the way, if you leave an “Italian” restaurant hungry, this restaurant cannot be called authentic. A white tablecloth and high bill do not a great bistro make. Frankly, I can’t stand those fancy Italian restaurants in Manhattan that charge you $400 for a morsel that makes you want to stop for a slice of pizza on the way home. A great Italian ristorante will leave you full, not stuffed, but full.

The second component of a great Italian restaurant is the service. The service will be warm and professional, but not overly friendly. After the orders are taken and the meal gets rolling, the service should be nearly invisible. Run — don’t walk — from any Italian restaurant where the waitperson address the table like this:

“How you guys doin’ tonight?” when ladies are seated at the table. This is most un-Italian of them. An Italian would never call a woman “guy.” Even in spaghetti-and-meatballs-type places, the waiter might say, “How is everyone this evening?” The won’t tarry with small talk in the white-tablecloth places, not the good ones, anyway. You and your comfort are all that matter.

The third aspect of a great Italian dining experience is the atmosphere. I don’t know what it is, but Italians seem to be able to create a magical ambiance anywhere. I have eaten at places in strip malls in Kansas City suburbs — as un-romantic a setting as there is — that come very close to greatness. A truly outstanding Italian restaurant will just have a certain feeling from the minute you walk in the door, a warmth and a glow that defies description.

So prioritieze in this order:

1. food
2. service
3. ambiance

If your favorite Italian restaurant meets all three conditions, you can call it great.

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