William Stanley

American physicist (1858-1916) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 57

William Stanley Jr. was an American physicist born in Brooklyn, New York. During his career, he obtained 129 patents covering a variety of electric devices. In 1913, he also patented an all-steel vacuum bottle, and formed the Stanley Bottle Company.

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The practical coil circuits were the prototypes for the modern transformers. (U.S. patent 349,611)

Stanley (second row, second from right) in Philadelphia on May 19, 1915, during the awarding of the Franklin Medal with Thomas Alva Edison

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National Inventors Hall of Fame1995

Edison Medal1912

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