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Title
Charles
F
.
Brush
Portrait
Subject
Science and Technology
Inventions
Inventors
Electric lighting--Arc
Place
Euclid (Ohio)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
9.5
"
x
7.5
"
(24.13
x
19.05
cm)
portrait
shows
inventor
Charles
F
.
Brush
.
Brush
(1849-1929)
was
born
in
Euclid
,
Ohio
. He
became
interested
in
physics
and
chemistry
as a
student
at
Cleveland
High
School
and
earned
his
mining
engineering
degree
from the
University
of
Michigan
in
1869
. He
returned
to
Cleveland
,
where
he
patented
more
than
fifty
inventions
during
the
course
of his
career
.
Brush's
open
coil-type
dynamo
is
known
as a
predecessor
of the
modern
generator
. In
1878
,
Brush
invented
the
arc
lamp
,
which
was
used
to
light
streets
and
large
spaces
.
It
became
one
of the
most
widely-used
lamps
in the
United
States
.
Many
of
Brush's
experiments
were
conducted
in the
basement
laboratory
of his
Euclid
Avenue
home
. The
Brush
Electric
Company
was
formed
in
Cleveland
in
1880
. In
1891
the
company
merged
with the
Edison
General
Electric
Company
to
become
General
Electric
Company
.
After
the
merger
,
Brush
retired
from the
business
world
to
focus
on his
experiments
and
philanthropic
work
. He was a
founder
of the
Case
School
of
Applied
Science
and a
trustee
of
Western
Reserve
University
and
received
dozens
of
honorary
degrees
and
awards
for his
work
.
Brush
died
in
Cleveland
on
June
15
,
1929
. He
is
buried
in
Lake
View
Cemetery
.
Creator
Charles F. Brush Collection http://www.cwru.edu/UL/SpecColl/Brush/Brush.htm
Date of Original
1920
circa
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Case Western Reserve University
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om56_1144928_138.tif
Image Height
5648
Image Width
4379
File Size
7612.772 KB
Format
picture
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