Here's an interesting article about the history of national plugs. http://www.iec.ch/online_news/etech/arc _2009/etech_1209/special_1.htm?mlref=etech
If you find this of interest, some of the references and re-directed web pages are also rich with plug history. And, you can find a bit about Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse. And Harvey Hubbell who invented the separable attachment plug and Philip F. Labre who added the grounding pin. Best wishes for the holiday season, Rich - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
