1. CHARLES T. PORTER _Facing title page_ 2. MY FATHER _After dedication_ 3. MY MOTHER „ „ 4. GEORGE T. HOPE 6 5. CHARLES B. RICHARDS, A.D. 1858 26 6. JOHN F. ALLEN 48 7. JOSEPH E. HOLMES 60 8. ALEXANDER GORDON 62 9. WELLINGTON LEE 66 10. CHARLES T. PORTER, A.D. 1862 68 11. FREDERICK E. SICKELS 78 12. W. H. MAW 92 13. WILLIAM J. HOYLE 122 14. SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH 124 15. FREDERICK J. SLADE 154 16. PROFESSOR CHARLES B. RICHARDS 178 17. PRESIDENT F. A. P. BARNARD 198 18. JOSEPH NASON 204 19. EDWIN F. WILLIAMS 206 20. PROFESSOR ROBERT H. THURSTON 208 21. J. C. HOADLEY 220 22. ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY 238 23. WILLIAM R. JONES 244 24. PROFESSOR FRANCIS REULEAUX 246 25. COLONEL ALEXIS PETROFF 252 26. JAMES MOORE 254 27. EMIL BRUGSCH 256 28. ROBERT W. HUNT 262 29. STEPHEN W. BALDWIN 264 30. HARRIS TABOR 266 31. DANIEL N. JONES 272 32. JOHN FRITZ 274 33. E. D. LEAVITT 308 34. SAMUEL T. WELLMAN 310 35. CHARLES A. OTIS 312 36. DANIEL J. MORRELL 314 37. BENJAMIN F. AVERY 324 38. JAMES C. BROOKS 332 ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES CHAPTER I Birth, Parentage and Education. Experience in the Practice of Law. Introduction to Centrifugal Force. Invention and Operation of a Stone-dressing Machine.