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Edwin J. Houston (1847–1914) was an American electrical inventor. He helped design an arc light generator with Elihu Thomson. A Techno-Thriller, Arc Light is set towards the end of the 1990s and depicts a warp between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. ... An electrical generator is a device that produces electrical energy from a mechanical energy source. ... Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 - March 13, 1937) was an engineer who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, Britain and France. ...


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The Thomson-Houston Electric Company was formed in 1883 from the merger of the Elihu Thomsons American Electric Company and the interests of Edwin Houston. ...

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