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American electrical engineer born on January 27th, 1894. He was well known as one of the best specialist in asynchronous or induction motors of the world. He was born in Washington on January 27th, 1894. He graduated as an electrical engineer at MIT in 1915. He worked as an electrical engineer at the General Electric Company for 40 years where he led the design department of induction motors and generators. Since 1970 to 1958 he taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic. It also published several articles, the most famous, "The magnetic noise of Polyphase induction motors”. His most famous book was “The nature of Polyphase Induction Machines”. In 1959 he received the Lamme Medal for his contribution to the development of induction machines, among other awards. He died in Schenectady, New York on September 24, 1979. |
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variant spelling: Alger, Philip Langdon |
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