Charles Kettering


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Noun 1. Charles Kettering - United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
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He contacted Charles Kettering to develop an electric starting motor and equip a Cadillac with the device.
Innovation PUT AN END TO THE hand-crank era
As a matter of fact, as observed by Charles Kettering, who was head of research at General Motors for 27 years, the easiest way to kill an idea is to subject it to a committee.
Nigeria and the love for committees
Arguably this is the case with many technologies, going back to 1911, when Charles Kettering and Henry Leland developed the first production electric starter for cars.
Autonomy Is Coming, But ..
Quoting the American inventor, Charles Kettering, Mr Smith said: "The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought us progress."
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One, from inventor Charles Kettering, says, "The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress."
Two new editors
The Quote Verifier, a useful reference book by Ralph Keyes, lists still other dubious originators: Yogi Berra, Eubie Blake, Kin Hubbard, Charles Kettering, and Artemus Ward.
"Man should not scamper with the unknown!": a new chrestomathy of linguistic miscellanea
"We must look forward to the future as that is where most of us will spend the rest of our lives." - Charles Kettering
The future of thought
Until then, to quote Charles Kettering: "Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future."
Sacral nerve stimulation: 50 years in the making
Charles Kettering (1876-1958) was born in the year the telephone was invented and died in the heart of this country's industrial supremacy.
An essay on the art and science of teaching
Charles Kettering said that "If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it."
The committee and its role within the university

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