Inventor. Born in an Ohio farmhouse, as an engineer he set up the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company where he invented his most significant engine devices. He is most noted for inventing the first electrical ignition system and the self-starter for automobile engines and the first practical engine-driven generator. Kettering's engine-driven generator, named the 'Delco,' provided electricity on millions of farms. In 1916, he sold his company to General Motors. With G.M. he set up and directed a central research laboratory and stayed for 31 years, until his retirement in 1947.
Inventor. Born in an Ohio farmhouse, as an engineer he set up the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company where he invented his most significant engine devices. He is most noted for inventing the first electrical ignition system and the self-starter for automobile engines and the first practical engine-driven generator. Kettering's engine-driven generator, named the 'Delco,' provided electricity on millions of farms. In 1916, he sold his company to General Motors. With G.M. he set up and directed a central research laboratory and stayed for 31 years, until his retirement in 1947.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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