These same cables changed the skylines of every major city by making cable-lift elevators possible.
He also designed the electrics of the internal combustion engine for John Holland’s submarine and the first modern refrigerator.
Some of his innovations can be found in the A/C generator, electric motors, and transformer.
He graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute as a mechanical engineer.
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