Eugene C. Bingham

Eugene Cook Bingham, born 7 December 1878, died 6 November 1945 ["New York Times", November 7, 1945, p 23 "DR. EUGENE BINGHAM; Leading Rheologist Organized Society in 1929--Dies at 67"] , was a professor and head of the Department of Chemistry at Lafayette College. Bingham made many contributions to rheology, a term he is credited (along with Markus Reiner) with introducing [J. F. Steffe (1996) "Rheological Methods in Food Process Engineering" 2nd ed ISBN 0-9632036-1-4 page 1] . 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. The Society of Rheology has awarded the Bingham Medal annually since 1948 [ [http://www.rheology.org/sor/awards/bingham/default.htm Society of Rheology - Bingham Medal] ] . As Chairman of the Metric Committee of the American Chemical Society, he campaigned for the USA to adopt the metric system. [E. C. Bingham (1922) "J. Ind. Eng. Chem.," vol 14 no 4 pp 332-333 "Progress in Metric Standardization"] [ "New York Times" April 11, 1922; "Action on Metric System"] He was also one of the people responsible for the construction of the Appalachian Trail. [ [http://www.berkshistory.org/articles/trail.html The Historical Review of Berks County, Fall 1997] Paul R. Lehman "Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club: Keepers of the Appalachian Trail"]

ome 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) vol18(2) pp 157-165 "The Viscosity of Binary Mixtures"
* [http://www.archive.org/details/fluidityandplast007721mbp 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"

References

* [http://imago.lafayette.edu/collections/cap/lc-spcol-cap-00783.jpgPhotograph of E. C. Bingham] Lafeyette University Historical Photograph Collection