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Elihu Thomson

Elihu Thomson

 

A contemporary of Nikola Tesla, Mr. Thomson was an accomplished engineer and early supporter of alternating current, even though he was an Edison employee.

Articles

Physiological Effects of Alternating Currents of High Frequency

The following is an abstract of a Paper of which an advance proof was kindly sent us by Prof. Elihu Thomson:- In connection with an experimental investigation of the properties of alternating currents...

Prof. Elihu Thomson’s Pioneer Experiences

In his address on “Pioneers’ Day” at the recent meeting of the National Electric Association at Providence (R.I.), Prof. Elihu Thomson gave the following interesting account of his early experiences:...

Notes on Alternating Currents of Very High Frequency

The interesting account of the novel experiments given by Mr. Nikola Tesla in the Electrical World of Feb. 21, 1891, and relating to the phenomena of alternating currents of very high frequency, lead...

Phenomena of Alternating Currents

From a paper read before the recent meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, New York, and reported in the Electrical World . The actions produced and producible by the agency of...

Experiments on the Electric Discharge in Vacuum Tubes

I have been much interested in the account of novel phenomena given under the title “ Some Experiments on the Electric Discharge in Vacuum Tubes ,” by Prof. J. J. Thomson, and published in your issue...