English-American engineer and inventor (1853–1937)
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Elihu Thomson
Born
(1853-03-29)March 29, 1853
Manchester, England
Died
March 13, 1937(1937-03-13) (aged 83)
Swampscott, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality
British, American
Awards
Rumford Prize
Edison Medal
French Legion of Honor
Hughes Medal
John Fritz Medal
Franklin Medal
Elliott Cresson Medal
Honorary MA from Yale
Honorary PhD from Tufts
Honorary DSc from Harvard
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Scientific career
Fields
Electrical engineering
Signature
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.
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currents was “furnished by the machine itself.” In 1886, English engineer ElihuThomson built an AC motor by expanding upon the induction-repulsion principle...
discoveries regarding electromagnetic propulsion was in 1889 when Professor ElihuThomson made public his work with electromagnetic waves and alternating currents...
experimenters including ElihuThomson at Thomas Edison's lab, William J. Morton, and Nikola Tesla also reported burns. ElihuThomson deliberately exposed...
the same principle as Bláthy's original invention. Also around 1889, ElihuThomson of the American General Electric company developed a recording watt...
caused energy losses due to eddy currents and hysteresis. Tesla and ElihuThomson independently developed a new type of transformer without an iron core...
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lawsuits and patent battles between themselves and with Edison. ElihuThomson of Thomson-Houston was concerned about AC safety and put a great deal of effort...
capacitor discharge gave rise to interference phenomena. Professors ElihuThomson and E. J. Houston in 1876 made a number of experiments and observations...
Savary, Joseph Henry, William Thomson, and Oliver Lodge. and Henry Rowland built a resonant transformer in 1889. ElihuThomson invented the Tesla coil circuit...
medal as its highest award. The first medal was presented in 1909 to ElihuThomson. Other recipients of the Edison Medal include George Westinghouse, Alexander...