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Willis Rodney Whitney (August 22, 1868 – January 9, 1958) was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He is known as the "father of industrial research" in the United States for blending the worlds of research and industry together; which at the time, were two very distinct ...
Willis Rodney Whitney (Jamestown (Nova Iorque), 22 de agosto de 1868 — Schenectady, 9 de janeiro de 1958) foi um químico estadunidense. Foi o fundador do laboratório de pesquisas da General Electric .
15 de abr. de 2024 · Willis Rodney Whitney was an American chemist and founder of the General Electric Company’s research laboratory, where he directed pioneering work in electrical technology and was credited with setting the pattern for industrial scientific laboratory research in the United States.
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Lamps using metal filaments rather than carbon appeared on the market in 1898 and many additional devices were in development. Whitney began experimenting with the newly invented electric-resistance furnace -- carbonizing filaments at higher temperatures than had been previously possible.
The Vacuum - There's Something In It. Willis Rodney Whitney was a chemist and came to General Electric in 1900 to head the research laboratory there and work on improvements in incandescent light bulbs.
Whitney was the director of the laboratory from its founding in 1900 until 1932. During the last four years of this period he also served as vice-president in charge of research for the entire company.
Willis R. Whitney, longtime director of the Research Laboratory of the General Electric Company, is widely considered one of the fathers of industrial research. His laboratory gained a world-wide reputation for the quality of its work and the importance of its results.
