American inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer (1826–1896)
Alfred Ely Beach
Beach c. 1870
Born
(1826-09-01)September 1, 1826
Springfield, Massachusetts, US
Died
January 1, 1896(1896-01-01) (aged 69)
New York City, US
Education
Monson Academy (now Wilbraham & Monson Academy)
Occupations
Inventor
publisher
patent lawyer
Known for
Designing the Beach Pneumatic Transit
Children
Frederick Converse Beach
Parent
Moses Yale Beach (father)
Relatives
Moses S. Beach, brother William Yale Beach, brother Charles Yale Beach, nephew Stanley Yale Beach, grandson
Family
Yale
Childhood home of Alfred Ely Beach, built by his father in 1846
Alfred Ely Beach (September 1, 1826 – January 1, 1896) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, publisher, and patent lawyer, born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is known for his design of the earliest predecessor to the New York City Subway, the Beach Pneumatic Transit, which became the first subway in America.[1] He was an early owner and cofounder of Scientific American and Munn & Co., the country's leading patent agency, and helped secure patents for Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and other innovators.[2] A member of the Union League of New York, he also invented a typewriter for the blind and a system for heating water with solar power.[3]
^Swift as Aeolus" American contribution in developing pneumatic railways as compared to European achievements, Society for the History of Technology, Sławomir Łotysz, 2003.
^ William I. (1915). Patent History Materials Index – Patent Materials from Scientific American, vol 112 (June 1915), Scientific American, v 112, p 533, June 5, 1915, The Patent Office and Invention Since 1845, How the Government Has Kept Pace With the Inventor Wyman
^ "The Union League Club of New York", The Club-house, University of Michigan, 1905, page 89.
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