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  2. History of AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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    U.S. patent 774,250.The first US power plug and socket dated 1904. Several early American electrical plug and socket arrangements were invented by Harvey Hubbell.On 26 February 1903 he filed two patent applications featuring 2-pin plugs and adaptors for using his plugs with existing designs of lamp sockets and wall receptacles.

  3. Harvey Hubbell - Wikipedia

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    Hubbell received at least 45 patents, [3] most of which were for electric products. The pull-chain electrical light socket was patented in 1896, and his most famous invention, the U.S. electrical power plug, in 1904. It allowed the adoption in the U.S. of convenient, portable electrical devices, which Great Britain had enjoyed since the early ...

  4. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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    Thai Industrial Standard (TIS) 166-2547 and its subsequent update TIS 166-2549 [59] replaced prior standards which were based on NEMA 1-15 and 5-15, as Thailand uses 220 V electricity. The plug has two round power pins 4.8 mm in diameter and 19 mm in length, insulated for 10 mm and spaced 19 mm apart, with an earthing pin of the same diameter ...

  5. Hubbell Incorporated - Wikipedia

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    Manufacture cable glands, cable connectors, light fixtures, control centers, panel boards, motor control enclosures and electrical equipment, cable transit, breathers, and field bus products. Is included in Electrical Segment LCA Group, Inc. [Lighting Corporation of America] S. Houston, TX 77587-3028 March, 2002 [17] U.S. Industries, Inc.

  6. History of electric power transmission - Wikipedia

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    Voltages used for electric power transmission increased throughout the 20th century. [50] The first "high voltage" AC power station, rated 4-MW 10-kV 85-Hz, was put into service in 1889 by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti at Deptford, London. [33] The first electric power transmission line in North America operated at 4000 V.

  7. NEMA connector - Wikipedia

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    NEMA connectors are power plugs and sockets used for AC mains electricity in North America and other countries that use the standards set by the US National Electrical Manufacturers Association. NEMA wiring devices are made in current ratings from 15 to 60 amperes (A), with voltage ratings from 125 to 600 volts (V).

  8. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    Russian engineer Pavel Yablochkov invented the electric carbon arc lamp. 1876: Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. 1877: American inventor Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. 1877: German industrialist Werner von Siemens developed a primitive loudspeaker. 1878: First electric street lighting in Paris, France 1878

  9. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    An iron is a small appliance used to remove wrinkles from fabric. The electric iron was invented in 1881 and patented in 1882 by Henry W. Seely of New York. A second electric iron, a "cordless" one instead heated on a stand powered by electricity, was developed with his partner Dyer in 1883. [238] 1881 peristaltic pump