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unusual facts about Theodore N. Ely


Theodore N. Ely

Prior to the 1881-3 design of the Pennyslvania's Class K 4-4-0 American Standard steam locomotives (later reclassified to the Pennsylvania's Class D6 4-4-0 American Standards), most fire boxes were located between the frames of locomotives, restricting their width, and thus, the power of the locomotive.


Harry Sidebottom

He attended Fairstead House School, Newmarket and The King's School, Ely.

Johannes Conrad

The Americans, Richard T. Ely, Simon N. Patten, Edmund J. James, and Joseph F. Johnson studied under Conrad at Halle in the late 1870s, thus profoundly influencing the Harvard University Department of Economics.

Land Economics

The journal was established in 1925 by the founder of the American Economic Association, Richard T. Ely (University of Wisconsin).

William H. J. Ely

Ely was the second cousin of Massachusetts Governor Joseph B. Ely, since they shared a greatgrandfather, Rev. Elihu Ely (1777-1839), son of Captain Levi Ely (1732-1780).


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