. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. -94; and has been with the New YorkInsulated Wire Co., New York, from 1895to date. Mr. Kelly is the son of Jeremiah and Kate(Forrest) Kelly. He married Julia Ken-nedy, October 27, 1885, and they have twochildren, Forrest and Gerald Kelly. Kelly, John Forrest (, 78), was bornin Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, March 28, was a chemist in the laboratory of ThomasA. Edison, 1879; electrician with the W
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. -94; and has been with the New YorkInsulated Wire Co., New York, from 1895to date. Mr. Kelly is the son of Jeremiah and Kate(Forrest) Kelly. He married Julia Ken-nedy, October 27, 1885, and they have twochildren, Forrest and Gerald Kelly. Kelly, John Forrest (, 78), was bornin Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, March 28, was a chemist in the laboratory of ThomasA. Edison, 1879; electrician with the West-ern Electric Co., New York, 1879-82; assist-ant to Mr. Edward Weston, then chiefelectrician of the United States ElectricLighting Co., 1882; with the Parker ElectricLighting Co., afterward known as the Rem-ington Co., 1882-84; and with the UnitedStates Electric Lighting Co., 1884-86. Dur-ing this period he was closely identified withthe now historical work of the old UnitedStates Co., covering not only the field of electrical-machine design, but also those ofthe incandescent and arc lamps. He waschief electrician, remaining in charge of allthe electrical work of that company, until. John F. Kelly its absorption by the Westinghouse ElectricCo., with which latter company his positionremained substantially similar, except intitle (as he was the electrician of the New-ark shops of the Westinghouse Co.) untilhis resignation, in January, 1892, to join theStanley Laboratory Co., which had just beenorganized in Pittsfield, Mass., and with whichhe was actively connected until January,1895. During this period he and his associ-ates designed the now well-known current inductor generator, andarranged with the Stanley Electric Manufac-turing Co. to place on the market a completesystem for the transmission and distributionof power by alternating currents. In 1895he resigned from the Stanley Laboratory took a position as consulting electricalengineer to the Stanle
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