About Royal Wasson Sorensen
Lived 1882 – 1965 (aged 83). Royal Wasson Sorensen was an inventor.
Royal Wasson Sorensen (April 25, 1882 – October 27, 1965) was the inventor of the vacuum switch, professor of electrical engineering and head of the electrical engineering department at California Institute of Technology, and was also noted for his work in high voltage transmissions and air pollution. Sorensen was also a fellow and president of American Institute of Electrical Engineers and Eminent Member of Eta Kappa Nu.
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American inventor
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Royal Wasson Sorensen was born on 25 April 1882.
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Royal Wasson Sorensen died on 27 October 1965.
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Royal Wasson Sorensen was an inventor.
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