Electrical Pioneers quiz

[Zogzog]

Match each name with the persons achivement
William Stanley
Alessandro Volta
Ralphael Lee
Nikola Tesla
Gustav Kirchoff
George Simon Ohm
George Westinghouse
Thomas Edison
A. Motor that created alternating energy
B. Niagra falls power station
C. Invented the first transformer
D. First reliable light bulb
E. Created first battery with two metals and a chemical
F. Wrote laws of closed electrical circuits
G. First to study arc flash as a hazard
H. Discovered mathamatical relationship between voltage, current and ampres

 

[Zogzog]

I expect waross to know these off the top of his head

 

[swall]

H--Ohm
G--Edison
F--Kirchoff
E--Volta
D--Edison
C--Tesla
B--Westinghouse
A--Tesla

 

[Zogzog]

Pretty good swall, those are all right except G and C

G- Ralph Lee
C - William Stanley

 

[waross]

Hi zogzog;
Thanks for the compliment. Actually I didn't know all of them. However I expect to have a litle more free computer time next week and I will probably google your list and refresh my memory about the ones I knew, and find out about the ones I didn't know.
BTW, Is William Stanley the Stanley of Stanley Steamer fame?
thanks
Respectfully

 

[swall]

Zogzog--I feel pretty good about my score,since as a metallurgist, I got a C grade in EE301!

 

[MikeyP]

I would query answer D.

Swan invented the first incandescent light bulb that lasted for any practical length of time. He then worked with Edison to put it into mass production.

See for example:

http://www.electricityforum.com/electricity-history.html

M

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Dr Michael F Platten

 

[Zogzog]

"Swan invented the first incandescent light bulb that lasted for any practical length of time. He then worked with Edison to put it into mass production."

OK, you might have me there, but whose name is on the patent?

 

[MikeyP]

Woodward and Evans had the first incandescent bulb patent in 1875 (Edison later bought the rights to this patent at vast expense).
Swan had the first patent (UK) to include a carbonised filament in 1878.
Edison's patent (US) including a carbonised filament was approved in 1879.

M

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Dr Michael F Platten

 

[Zogzog]

I hope you looked that up, thats too much useless info to be clogging a brain

 

[MikeyP]

I new the story (but not the dates, I'm not that much of a spod!).

There used to be a fantastic TV programme here in the UK called "Local Heroes" (repeats are often shown on some of the higher numbered cable/sat channels). I almost certainly picked it up from there.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0750923733/202-0452127-2011034?v=glance&n=266239

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Dr Michael F Platten

 

[0707]

Who invented electric chair?

 

[Zogzog]

Again I say Edison, to execute William Kremmler on aug 6th 1890. Many believe that this was the next step up from his experiments (open to the public) shocking elephants, horses, dogs, etc using Westinghouses AC system to show the world how dangerous AC was compared to his DC system.

 

[0707]

Chair inventor Harold Brown would be the correct answer.

who was the first "dead man" to be electrocuted?

Luis

 

[Zogzog]

OK, Harold brown invented it but Edison holds the patent. Brown worked for Edison when he invented the chair.