Benjamin Franklin Bailey
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Benjamin Franklin Bailey (1875 – after 1944) was an eminent American
electrical engineer.
A native of Sheridan, Michigan
, Benjamin Franklin Bailey studied electrical engineering at the University of Michigan
and later held the positions of chief engineer of the Fairbanks Morse Electrical Manufacturing Company
and Howell Electrical Motor Company, director of Bailey Electrical Company, and vice-president and director of the Fremont Motor Corporation.
He was the author of several books on electrical engineering, including Principles of Dynamo-electric Machinery (1915).
He became professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan in 1913 and was department chairman from 1922 until his retirement in 1944. In the 1920s, he invented the capacitor
motor.
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electrical engineer.
A native of Sheridan, Michigan
Sheridan, Michigan
Sheridan is a village in Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 705 at the 2000 census. The village is located at the corners of four townships and incorporates land from each: Evergreen Township to the northeast, Bushnell Township to the southeast, Fairplain Township to...
, Benjamin Franklin Bailey studied electrical engineering at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and later held the positions of chief engineer of the Fairbanks Morse Electrical Manufacturing Company
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks Morse and Company was a manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Originally a weighing scale manufacturer, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, locomotives and industrial supplies until it was merged in 1958...
and Howell Electrical Motor Company, director of Bailey Electrical Company, and vice-president and director of the Fremont Motor Corporation.
He was the author of several books on electrical engineering, including Principles of Dynamo-electric Machinery (1915).
He became professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan in 1913 and was department chairman from 1922 until his retirement in 1944. In the 1920s, he invented the capacitor
Capacitor
A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy in an electric field. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two electrical conductors separated by a dielectric ; for example, one common construction consists of metal foils separated...
motor.