Editing Thomas P. Jones

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'''Thomas Pascal Jones''' (1774–March 11, 1848)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jones, Thomas P. (1774-1848), science publisher and patent expert |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300883 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300883|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Havlik |first1=Robert J. }}</ref> was a British-born [[engineer]] and [[publisher]] in the United States of America.

==Biography==
Born in [[Herefordshire]] in Britain in 1774, Jones emigrated to America as a youth.

In 1825 he became a cofounder as well as [[publisher]] and [[editing|editor]] of ''American Mechanics Magazine''.

Jones first lived in [[Washington, D.C.]], and served as superintendent and [[patent examiner|examiner]] of the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]. Later, he lived in [[New York City]] and taught at the [[Franklin Institute]], in [[Philadelphia]].

In 1828, Jones merged ''American Mechanics Magazine'' with the institute's existing magazine, entitling it ''[[Journal of the Franklin Institute]]''. He remained its editor until his death in 1848. He was elected a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=1831&year-max=1831&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2021-04-08 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> in 1831 and a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web |title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B |url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf |accessdate=8 September 2016 |publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences}}</ref> in 1834.

Also in 1828, he became the professor of chemistry of the Medical Department of the Columbian College, today's [[George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences|George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences]], replacing [[Richard Randall (physician)|Richard Randall]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Richard |first=Randall |date=August 1828 |title=Medical Department of the Columbian College |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-the-medical-sciences_1828-08_2_4/page/494/mode/1up |journal=The American Journal of the Medical Sciences}}</ref> In 1839 his position changed to the professor of chemistry and pharmacy, which he resigned the next year.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/annualhistorical00geor/ |title=Annual and historical catalogue of the officers and students of the Columbian College, D. C. 1868. |publisher=R. A. Waters, printer. |year=1868 |location=Washington City |pages=59–60}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* [http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/04510200R ''New conversations on chemistry'']

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=38425}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Thomas P. Jones |sopt=t}}

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