Robert A. Millikan Ph.D.
Robert A. Millikan Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
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Name: Robert Andrews Millikan
Birth: 22 March 1868, Morrison, IL, USA
Death: 19 December 1953, San Marino, CA, USA
Institution: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Award: “for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect”
Subject: electromagnetism, particle physics
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Award: “for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect”
Patents
| Publication: | 1/4 |
| Publication No: | US1996304 A |
| Title: | Electric Switch |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2, 1935 |
| Filing Date: | Jun 17, 1927 |
| Inventors: | Millikan Robert A, Sorensen Royal W |
| Original Assignee: | California Inst |
| Abstract: | This invention relates to a method and means for eliminating arcing and refers particularly to electric apparatus, such as electric switches for use upon electric power lines for the transmission of electrical energy. |
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| Family Members | US1784302A |
| Details | Google Patents |
| Publication: | 2/4 |
| Publication No: | US1784302A |
| Title: | Alternating-Power-Current Interrupter |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | Dec 9, 1930 |
| Filing Date: | Sep 5, 1928 |
| Inventors: | Millikan Robert A, Sorensen Royal W |
| Original Assignee: | California Inst |
| Abstract: | The objective of our invention is the production of a new and improved switch or current interrupter for high power electric circuits which will break an alternating current without the production of an alternating current arc. |
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| Family Members | None |
| Details | Google Patents |
| Publication: | 3/4 |
| Publication No: | US1784302 A |
| Title: | Process for Conditioning Electric Switches |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | Dec 9, 1930 |
| Filing Date: | Nov 15, 1926 |
| Inventors: | Millikan Robert A, Sorensen Royal W |
| Original Assignee: | California Inst |
| Abstract: | This invention relates to a process for conditioning electrical switches and refers particularly to switches adapted for use on high tension or high voltage transmission lines or for lines intended to handle high power. |
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| Family Members | US1784304A |
| Details | Google Patents |
| Publication: | 4/4 |
| Publication No: | US1764273 A |
| Title: | Electrical power-transmitting system |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | Jun 17, 1930 |
| Filing Date: | Jul 13, 1921 |
| Inventors: | Millikan Robert A |
| Original Assignee: | Millikan Robert A |
| Abstract: | The principal object of my invention is to provide a new and improved system of electrical power transmission. Another object of my invention is to provide a power transmission line adapted for higher voltages than have heretofore been employed, by which notable economy may be effected in the use of copper or other conductor material. I have determined that by special treatment of the conductor and the walls of a conduit surrounding it but spaced therefrom, and by the production of an extreme vacuum within the conduit, it becomes practicable to transmit electricity at enormous voltages without substantial leakage or breakdown. |
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| Family Members | None |
| Details | Google Patents |