Alexanderson
Americannoun
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One of its scientists, Ernst Alexanderson, was instrumental in developing television.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2018
Ernst Frederik Werner Alexanderson, mechanical as well as electrical genius, took Mr. Moore's neon tube and made it the heart of television devices on which he had been experimenting for half a dozen years.
From Time Magazine Archive
British Marconi was attempting to buy from General Electric Co. exclusive rights in the Alexanderson high-frequency alternator, which first made long-distance radio communication possible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Coolidge of Schenectady had produced powerful cathode rays outside a vacuum tube; his colleague, Dr. Langmuir, had perfected a hydrogen-hydrogen welding flame, the hottest ever; another colleague, Dr. Alexanderson, had nearly perfected radio television.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Then came the rotary spark gap and later the Goldsmith generator——” “And then,” Jimmy continued cheerfully, “the Goldsmith generator was knocked into a cocked hat by the Alexanderson generator.”
From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Chapman, Allen
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