Who was Arthur Edwin Kennelly?

Now we are speaking of a strong supporter of Edison in the War of Currents, which we have already discussed. Arthur Edwin Kennelly joined the West Orange Laboratory in December, 1887 and remained there till 1894. He assisted Harold P. Brown who was a strong crusader against the alternating current. They conducted a demonstration to show that AC was more dangerous than DC, and also convinced officials that the first electric chair should use alternative current.

However, don’t be under the impression that Kennelly’s sole job was to fight for direct current. He was a brilliant electrical engineer who made innovations in the analytic methods in electronics. You might also be interested to know that Kennelly was actually born in Mumbai, India in 1861, and educated in London.

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