Ernst alex anderson biography sampler
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Ernst alex anderson biography sampler
Ernst Alexanderson
Swedish-American electrical engineer and inventor (–
Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson (Swedish:[ɛʂntalɛkˈsandɛʂɔn]; January 25, – May 14, ) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and inventor who was a pioneer in radio development.
He invented the Alexanderson alternator, an early radio transmitter used between and the s for longwave long distance radio transmission. Alexanderson also created the amplidyne, a direct current amplifier used during the Second World War for controlling anti-aircraft guns.[2]
Background
Alexanderson was born in Uppsala, Sweden.[3] He studied at the University of Lund (–97) and was educated at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the Technische Hochschule in Berlin, Germany.
He emigrated to the United States in and spent much of his life working for the General Electric and Radio Corporation of America.[4]
Engineering work
Alexanderson designed the Alexanderson alt