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Place of Birth: Hällefors parish, Örebro County, Sweden
About Jonas Wenström
- Jonas Wenström (born August 4, 1855 in Hällefors, died December 22, 1893 in Västerås) was a Swedish engineer and inventor.
- He invented the three-phase electric power system, the basis for ASEA (later ABB).About the invention of electric light, Wenström wrote: "Edison's new invention of electric light: a glowing carbon strip, is the same thing that I discovered a year ago ...
- If I had his laboratory, and resources, I would have done the same and better ...
- a graphite strip between two mica plates provide a more effective light than Edison's."
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