1862-1918. Inventor. President of The Super-Glass Company, Tacony, Philadelphia, PA. Wrote TAE in autumn of 1915 (see E1536BH) offering samples of his "super-glass." An article about Shuman's "sun engine" -- an invention to harness the power of the sun -- can be found in the New York Times, December 3, 1911. Birth and death years from the Lockport (N.Y.) Union-Sun and Journal, January 23, 1939. Both in Bio Files - Obits & bios.