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Robert Scott Burn (14 February 1825 – 31 January 1901) was a Scottish engineer and author, known as prolific writer between 1850 and 1860 on a wide range of subjects ranging from agriculture, building construction and mechanical engineering to architectural and technical drawing.〔Helen Long (2007) ''Victorian Houses and their Details'' p. 49〕 == Biography == Born at Lauder in the Scottish Borders, Burn received his education as engineer as apprentice at Watson, Ross and Co. in Edinburgh, who were working as agricultural and brewing engineers. After working at the Main Point Foundry in Edinburgh, he visited the United States. Back in the United Kingdom he settled in Stockport as consulting agricultural engineer.〔Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain). "(Robert Scott Burn )" in: ''Proceedings – Institution of Mechanical Engineers,'' Memoirs May 1901, p. 466〕 Late 1840s Burn came into prominence with some technical innovations. He developed an improved roller gin, used in separating the seed from cotton,〔''The Civil engineer & () architect's journal,'' Vol. 12, 1849, p. 32〕 and made some improvements to steam engines.〔William Laxton (1853) ''The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal''. Vol. 16. p. 40〕 In the 1850s Burn he stated writing and edited a series of books on engineer and drawing, starting with ''Practical ventilation as applied to public, domestic, and agricultural structures,'' in 1850. Main works he further edited, were ''The Illustrated Drawing Book'' and ''Practical Geometry'' in 1853, ''The steam engine; its history and mechanism'' in 1854. Burn moved to Castle Farm in Cheshire. Late 1850s Burn also started writing for the ''Journal of Agriculture.'' He visited Belgium and Holland on three occasions, in 1859, 1860, and 1862, where he examined the peculiarities of the agriculture of the country. He published his findings in the 1862 ''Notes of an Agricultural Tour in Belgium, Holland, & the Rhine,'' and later wrote more works in the field of agriculture. He was a proponent of the idea of a "great extension of small farms in England as a means of improving our agriculture or the well-being of our population."〔Sir Norman Lockyer (1886) ''Nature,'' Vol. 33. p. 267〕 Burn continued to write on the wide ranging from agriculture, building construction and mechanical engineering to architectural and technical drawing. He specialised in both in textbooks for students, and in "instructions for self-teaching of artistic and mechanical subjects."〔Mervyn Romans (2005) ''Histories of Art and Design Education: Collected Essays,'' p. 229.〕 Some of his works were translated into German, and one drawing manual was even translated into Japanese.〔 His ''The Illustrated Drawing Book'' was translated in Japanese, entitled ''Seiga Shinan'' (to Western Pictures ) (1871), was even the first drawing textbook in Japan.〔Masuda, Kingo. "(A historical overview of art education in Japan. )" The Journal of Aesthetic Education 37.4 (2003): 3–11.〕 In 1881 Burn had become a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.〔 In the same year he was also elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute.〔Iron and Steel Institute (1901) ''The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute.'' Vol. 59, Nr. 1, 1901, p. 315〕 In 1901 Burn died at the age of seventy-sixth in his residence in Edinburgh from bronchitis, from which he had been suffering for years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Scott Burn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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