Holley, Alexander Lyman

—Born 1832, died 1882. An American engineer and metallurgist. He early became an expert machinist and was employed in a Corli engine works; later he became editor and part owner of the Railroad Advocate (1854) and published important contributions on railway and engineering subjects; in 1863 he bought the American license to the Be emer proce for making steel, and in 1865 built a Be emer steel plant in Troy, N. Y., which was followed by his building several other plants in various parts of the U. S.; in 1875 he was elected president of the Institute of Mining Engineers, and the next year helped_to found the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.