Marker #4-57 : Charles F. Kettering / Same

Across Monument Avenue uploaded by D.J.Reiser

Name	User	Date
Marker	BuckeyeTraveller	12-21-07
Engineers Club	BuckeyeTraveller	12-21-07
The Setting	D.J.Reiser	08-24-07
Marker 4-57	D.J.Reiser	08-24-07
Companion Marker	D.J.Reiser	08-24-07
Engineers' Club	D.J.Reiser	08-24-07
Across Monument Avenue	D.J.Reiser	08-24-07
Car with Kettering's Self-Starter (Om3064)	Ohio Historical Society	01-19-06
First Cash Register Replica	Ohio Historical Society	01-20-06
Charles F. Kettering	Ohio Historical Society	01-30-06

Side A : "Charles F. Kettering"

Charles F. "Boss" Kettering was a prolific inventor. While at National Cash Register, he invented the first electric cash register. Kettering founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) in 1909 and developed the electric self-starter for automobiles, first used in 1912 Cadillacs. He also developed no-knock Ethyl gasoline, lacquer car finishes, four-wheel brakes, safety glass, and high-compression engines; made significant improvements to diesel engines that led to their use in locomotives, trucks, and buses; and collaborated with Thomas Midgley, Jr. in the development of the refrigerant Freon. Kettering served as President of the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1918, co-founded the Engineers' Club of Dayton (1914), and was director of research at General Motors Corporation from 1920 to 1947. His interest in medical and scientific research led to the founding of the Kettering Foundation and the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.

Side B : "Same"

Same

Latitude / Longitude

39.763889 ° / -84.19104 ° - Map Marker

Address

110 E. Monument Avenue
Dayton, OH 45402
Montgomery County

Location Directions

Engineers Club of Dayton, 110 East Monument Ave.

Keywords

Automobiles

Categories

Industry, Science/Technology

Sponsor(s)

The Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Dayton Section of SAE International, Engineers Club of Dayton, and The Ohio Historical Society

Year

2003