DocumentCode
1244077
Title
Nils Gustaf Dalen (1869-1937): inventor, experimenter, engineer, and Nobel laureate
Author
Clark, Robert N.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Volume
23
Issue
4
fYear
2003
Firstpage
68
Lastpage
70
Abstract
A summary of the life and work of Dalen, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1912. Part of the work considered was in the theory of control, part was related to control of steam turbines and part to that of lighthouses and lightbuoys.
Keywords
control theory; history; lighting control; steam turbines; Nils Gustaf Dalen; control; lightbuoys; lighthouses; steam turbines; Automatic control; Design engineering; Navigation; Physics; Polynomials; Pressing; Sea measurements; Telegraphy; Turbines; Valves;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Control Systems, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1066-033X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCS.2003.1213605
Filename
1213605
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