Hertha Marks Ayrton
1854-1923
British electrical engineer who analyzed and improved the electric arc, which was used to produce bright light. Arc lamps were widely used for indoor illumination, as wel...
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Hertha Marks Ayrton
1854-1923
British engineer-physicist who was awarded the 1906 Royal Society Hughes Medal for work on the electric arc and sand ripples. Ayrton's 1902 volume The Electric Arc...
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Hertha Marks Ayrton