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  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.  […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.   […]

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 […]