Abstract Robert Philip Benedict (1924-1986) worked as both a mechanical engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1951 to circa 1984 and an adjunct professor for the Drexel Evening College from 1958 to 1986. Mr. Benedict’s work focused heavily on thermodynamics, thermocouples, pipe flow, heat flow, gas dynamics, heat exchange, measurement uncertainty, and instrumentation. He studied mechanical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in...