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Author : General Electric Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electric engineering
ISBN : UVA:X000942402
Author : General Electric Company
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020107200
For over a century, General Electric has been a global leader in a wide range of industries, from appliances to aviation. This corporate review, published in 1921, offers a comprehensive overview of GE's operations, markets, and innovations, along with insights into the company's culture and history. It remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in business history and the evolution of American capitalism. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : General Electric Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electric engineering
ISBN : PRNC:32101050679792
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : CUB:U183026579417
Author : Electric Company,Electric Company Publicity Dep
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1342790693
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Wise
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Born in Jamestown, New York, Willis R. Whitney (1868-1958) was the longtime director of General Electric’s Research Laboratory and is widely considered one of the fathers of industrial research. He graduated from MIT in 1890 to become assistant professor of chemistry there. In 1896, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig under Wilhelm Ostwald. Having grown dissatisfied with purely academic work, he jumped at the opportunity, provided by Elihu Thompson in 1900, to become director of the newly created GE Research Laboratory. The laboratory was “to be devoted exclusively to original research.” “It is hoped,” a 1902 report stated, “that many profitable fields may be discovered” and so it was: when Whitney took over, GE needed more economical lamp filaments and the laboratory developed a new form of “metallized” carbon which gave 25% more light for the same wattage, the first radical improvement in Edison’s incandescent carbon filament. Millions of the new lamps were sold in a single year. The laboratory’s many other contributions include the tungsten lamp, several applications for wrought tungsten (replacing platinum targets in X-ray tubes and platinum contacts in spark coils, magnetos and relays) and the Coolidge X-ray tube in a wide range of sizes. Whitney’s broad scientific knowledge, ability as a chemist and resourcefulness as an experimenter lay the basis for all the work of the laboratory. He stepped down as director in 1932. He was a member of numerous institutions including the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Electrochemical Engineers, National Academy of Sciences, British Institute of Metals, and National Research Council, and he received many honors, such as the Willard Gibbs Medal in 1920, the Perkin Medal in 1921, the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Social Sciences in 1928, and the AIEE Edison Medal in 1934 for “his contributions to electrical science, his pioneer inventions, and his inspiring leadership in research.” “Whitney invented modern industrial research... George Wise re-creates much of the anxiety and excitement of the decades when business discovered science and vice versa.” — David Diamond, The New York Times “Wise has not simply written biography and a story of the research laboratory at General Electric but also a great deal of General Electric history and history of technology as well... The author’s technical and scientific presentations are generally lucid and accessible to the layperson.” — Martha M. Trescott, Journal of Economic History “[A] book of many strengths. Most immediately apparent is the very high quality of the writing. As a skilled biographer, Wise succeeds in bringing the reader into the life of an interesting and important individual... Wise does not neglect the personal side of Whitney’s life, including his unhappy family situation and his personal illnesses... The primary focus, however, is on his work at GE, work the author expertly fits into broader patterns of science, industry and society in early twentieth-century America.” — James H. Madison, Journal of American History “[A] thoroughly researched and lucidly written book... Wise’s book makes important contributions to the understanding of the origins of industrial research and the development of science in the American context.” — John K. Smith, Technology and Culture “George Wise effectively develops the foundation for an interesting and in-depth view of a man who made an outstanding contribution to industrial research, while at the same time suffering personal disappointments and fighting a continuing battle with recurring mental depression... Wise’s book is warm, personal, and rich in historical background; it provides a view into the life of the individual who set the stage for industrial research in America.” — Alfred A. Bolton, Academy of Management Review “[An] important book... Wise’s portrayal of Whitney is acute and sensitive. Moreover, it demonstrates that the depiction of industrial scientists as either alienated and unhappy academics-in-exile or mindless minions of the giant corporation is overly simple... Wise has produced a first-rate study of a pioneering establishment that should be read by anyone interested in the crucial relationships between science and modern industry.” — Larry Owens, Business History Review “[A] turning point in the long-neglected history of industrial research. [N]ot merely outstanding... [a] definitive work that establish[es] critical standards for future research in this field... beautifully crafted... a sensitive and insightful biography of Willis R. Whitney.” — Edwin T. Lawton, Jr., Isis “Wise has accomplished perhaps the most difficult task before any biographer — successfully connecting his subject’s historical significance with the deeper elements of his humanity. This humanity is described with a biographer’s sympathy and a historian’s sophistication... Wise writes with sympathy and often charm, drawing not only from substantial archival records but also from dozens of interviews carried out with Whitney’s associates and workers... This biography will not only be the standard study of Whitney, but it will also provide a useful model and guide for all students of the key institutions of modern science.” — Robert Friedel, British Journal for the History of Science
Author : Thomas Gryta,Ted Mann
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electric industries
ISBN : 9780358250418
How could General Electric--perhaps America's most iconic corporation--suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace? This is the definitive history of General Electric's epic decline, as told by the two Wall Street Journal reporters who covered its fall. Since its founding in 1892, GE has been more than just a corporation. For generations, it was job security, a solidly safe investment, and an elite business education for top managers. GE electrified America, powering everything from lightbulbs to turbines, and became fully integrated into the American societal mindset as few companies ever had. And after two decades of leadership under legendary CEO Jack Welch, GE entered the twenty-first century as America's most valuable corporation. Yet, fewer than two decades later, the GE of old was gone. Lights Out examines how Welch's handpicked successor, Jeff Immelt, tried to fix flaws in Welch's profit machine, while stumbling headlong into mistakes of his own. In the end, GE's traditional win-at-all-costs driven culture seemed to lose its direction, which ultimately caused the company's decline on both a personal and organizational scale. Lights Out details how one of America's all-time great companies has been reduced to a cautionary tale for our times.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : NYPL:33433062756634
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030026970006
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006281088
Author : John R. Hewett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 1166 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0656312742
Excerpt from General Electric Review, Vol. 19: January, 1916-December, 1916 This article is not intended to cover the entire field of the industry, but, although necessarily limited in scope, it outlines briefly some of the more important or exceptional facts in regard to the apparatus designed or constructed by the General Electric Company, which should prove of interest to the engineer ing-fraternity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : CUB:U183040585684
Author : Leonard S. Reich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521522374
This book draws important lessons from the early days of industrial research in America.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1562 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112111811268
Author : Clarence Jay West
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Research, Industrial
ISBN : NAP:16378
