Nehemiah Hawkins

Nehemiah Hawkins (1833 – January 15, 1928) was an American inventor, publisher and author (pen name Theodore Audel) was born in Providence, Rhode Island.

He started working with the G&C Merriam Company of Springfield, MA.

In Chicago he established a magazine called Steam — soon sold and incorporated into Power [1] — then moved to New York.

[2] He wrote (or commissioned and published under his own name) many of the popular Audel's Guides[3] popular with engineers and craftsmen and published by Theodore Audel & Company of New York.

[7] The content of his books published prior to 1923 is now in the Public Domain.