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Definition of Charles Kettering
1. Noun. United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958).
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Kettering
Literary usage of Charles Kettering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unholy Alliance: Priests, Rabbis and Conspirators Within the Temple of Doom by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"Charles Kettering was an authentic inventive genius, responsible for much to
today's auto ignition, lights, starters and other electrical systems. ..."
2. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"131 Whitfield, Charles, Kettering, Northamptonshire 79 Whiteley, William, 157
Queen's Road, Bayswater 60, 125 Why te & Bradford, Victoria Foundry, Boness, ..."
3. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Charles Kettering, 1876-1958 - An inventor is almost always failing. He tries
and fails maybe a thousand times. If he succeeds once, then he's in. ..."
4. Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes by Clement Scott (1870)
"Enter LUCY MAITLAND and Charles Kettering through centre. Lucy. So you really
like the quiet life we lead here ? Cha. Yes, for a change, very much. Lucy. ..."
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