William Comings White

William Comings White (1890–1965) was an electrical engineer.[1] He was research assistant to, and cousin[2] of, the Nobel Prize winning chemist Irving Langmuir at the General Electric research laboratory.[3]

He helped to develop the Kenotron and Pliotron, two- and three-electrode vacuum tubes, which could be exhausted to an exceedingly high vacuum.[4]

He was awarded an honorary degree by Columbia University in 1948.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The American Engineer. National Society of Professional Engineers. 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  2. ↑ Langmuir, Irving (1960). The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir. Pergamon Press. p. 101. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  3. ↑ Birr, Kendall (1957). Pioneering in Industrial Research: The Story of the General Electric Research Laboratory. Public Affairs Press. p. 52. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  4. ↑ Bucher, Elmer E. (1919). Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication.
  5. ↑ "COLUMBIA DEGREES ARE GIVEN TO". New York Times. 1948-06-02. Retrieved 2008-01-21.