HAYNE, ROBERT YOUNG

(17911839), Amer. politician; senator, 1823; advocated free trade; Gov. of S. Carolina, 1832; opposed Jackson. tor; 6. at Portland, Ind. Bachelor of Science of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1881. At Johns Hopkins from 1884-1885. Teacher of sciences from 1885-1886 at Eastern Indiana Normal School. 1886-1880 was manager of Portland Natural Gas and Oil Company. President since 1898 of Haynes Automobile Company. In 1881 discovered tungsten chrome steel, 1897 alloy of chomium and nickel, 1900, alloy of cobalt and chromium. On exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution is the oldest automobile in existence and which he constructed and designed in 1893-1894. First person to use aluminum in automobile engine, 1895. In 1903 invented and built rotary valve gas engine. In 1911 discovered ’stainle Steel’ which was patented in 1919. Trustee of Western College. Member of Society of Automobile Engineers, Iron and Steel Institute, London, American Chemical Society.