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Inventor Charles Franklin Kettering Signature

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Inventor Charles Franklin Kettering Signature
<B>Inventor Charles Franklin Kettering Signature,</B></I> 4.75” x 1.25”, mounted on stiff card stock. Fine. Kettering (1876-1958), held more than 300 U.S. patents. He invented the all-electric starting, ignition, and lighting system for automobiles. His patents included a portable lighting system, Freon, a World War I "aerial torpedo," a treatment for venereal disease, and an incubator for premature infants. His engine-driven generator was combined with storage batteries to form a "Delco Plant", providing an electrical lighting system for farmhouses and other locations remote to the grid. He developed the idea of Duco paint and ethyl gasoline. He helped develop diesel engines and ways to harness solar energy. He was a pioneer in the application of magnetism to medical diagnostic techniques. Kettering was a researcher first for National Cash Register, and then for the U.S. automotive industry, founding the Dayton Engineering Laboratories company. Kettering became vice president of General Motors Research Corporation in 1920. He held the position as head of research for General Motors for 27 years. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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