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Ervin George Bailey was an industrialist and manufacturer. He founded the Bailey Meter Company, a major manufacturer of industrial
meters and controls, in 1916. The company was moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. In 1926, Bailey
Meter Company was purchased by The Babcock and Wilcox Company, although it continued production under its own name. Ervin
Bailey remained with Babcock and Wilcox, serving as president of the Fuller LeHigh Company division 1926-1936, as chairman
of Bailey Meter Company 1944-1956, and as a vice president of Babcock and Wilcox 1931-1951. Bailey was awarded 141 United
States patents for his inventions in the fields of fluid and combustion control. He was a Fellow of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers; a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers; and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, England. He was also the author of many articles
on metering, controls, fuels and combustion, and engineering education. The collection consists of biographical sketches,
diaries, notebooks, historical sketches, speeches, and writings.
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