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Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Elihu Thomson was a U.S. electrical engineer and inventor whose discoveries in the field of alternating-current phenomena led to the development of successful alternating-current motors. He was also a founder of the U.S. electrical industry.
Elihu Thomson was born in England on March 29, 1853. He would later become one of the most prolific inventors in U.S. history and would join Thomas Edison to form one of the most pervasive companies in the world, General Electric.
Elihu Thomson, 1853-1937, was an English-born, American inventor and engineer, who served as acting President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) twice–from March 1920 to July 1921 and from November 1921 to January 1923.
Oct 31, 2023 · With Edwin J. Houston, a former teacher and later colleague of Thomson's at Central High School, Thomson founded the Thomson-Houston Electric Company. Notabl...
May 3, 2024 · Elihu Thomson, a professor-turned-entrepreneur, made several critical discoveries in the field of alternating current (AC), filing more than 700 patents as an inventor. Here’s a look at his life and accomplishments.
Feb 14, 2019 · Elihu Thomson, AIEE President, 1889 - 1890, his invention of the 3 coil dynamo was the foundation to a successful electric lighting system that he and colleague E. J. Houston produced in 1879 through their company Thomson-Houston Electric Company.
Elihu Thomson wrote, “There is scarcely a day passing, on which some new use for electricity is not discovered. It seems destined to become at some future time the means of obtaining light, heat, and mechanical force.”
Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an engineer and inventor who held 696 U.S. patents on numerous electrical inventions, including arc lights, generators, electric welding machines, x-ray tubes, and recording wattmeters.
Elihu Thomson was born 29 March 1853 in Manchester, England, although both his parents were Scottish. An economic depression caused the Thomson family to immigrate to the United States in 1858, where they settled in Philadelphia, PA. Elihu Thomson graduated from Central High School in 1870.
