Rufus T. (Rufus Tracy) Strohm

Rufus T. Strohm, listed in library and archive records as Rufus Tracy Strohm, was born in 1877. The surviving catalog trail around his name is strongly tied to technical and industrial writing rather than fiction.

His best-known books include Oil Fuel for Steam Boilers (1914) and Engineering Bulletin No. 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing (1918). Another later record connects him with The Slide Rule and How to Use It, suggesting a continuing interest in practical engineering instruction and the tools engineers relied on in everyday work.

Reliable biographical detail beyond those publication records is limited, so a full personal profile is hard to confirm. Even so, the books associated with him show an author concerned with efficiency, measurement, and clear explanation—someone writing to help readers solve real technical problems.