Eugene C. Bingham
Eugene Cook Bingham (8 December 1878 – 6 November 1945) was a professor and head of the department of chemistry at Lafayette College.[1] Bingham made many contributions to rheology, a term he is credited (along with Markus Reiner) with introducing.[2] He was a pioneer in both its theory and practice. The type of fluid known as a Bingham plastic or Bingham Fluid is named after him, as is Bingham Stress. He was also one of the people responsible for the construction of the Appalachian Trail.[3]
Biography
Bingham was born on 8 December 1878 in Cornwall, Vermont.[1]
He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Certificate of Merit in 1921 for his variable pressure viscometer.[4]In 1922, as chairman of the Metric Committee of the American Chemical Society, he campaigned for the United States to adopt the metric system.[5][6]
Bingham died on 6 November 1945 in Easton, Pennsylvania.[1]
Legacy
The Society of Rheology has awarded the Bingham Medal annually since 1948.[7]
Selected publications
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1914) vol. 6(3) pp. 233–237: A new viscometer for general scientific and technical purposes
- Journal of Physical Chemistry (1914) vol. 18(2) pp. 157–165: The Viscosity of Binary Mixtures
- Fluidity and Plasticity (1922) McGraw-Hill (Internet Digital Archive)
- Journal of Physical Chemistry (1925) vol. 29(10) pp. 1201–1204: Plasticity
- Review of Scientific Instruments (1933) vol. 4 p. 473: The New Science of Rheology
- Journal of General Physiology (1944) vol. 28 pp. 79–94, pp. 131–149 [Bingham and Roepke], (1945) vol. 28 pp. 605–626: The Rheology of Blood
References
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External links
- Photograph of E. C. Bingham – Lafeyette University Historical Photograph Collection
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