later built the first American jet engine, the G. E.
It was used to power the Lockheed F-80, but the plane was manufactured too late to be used in World War II.
A decade later, a new type of vacuum tube called the magnetron was created; it was
then used in World War II radar systems and the invention of the microwave.
Dow Corning led the development of silicone products during World War II, but G. E.
entered the market shortly after with a more efficient manufacturing process.
One year after X-rays were first discovered, a founder of the modern electric age, Elihu Thomson, created an X-ray tube.
G. E.’s tube could transmit up to 50,000 volts and made possible advances used in radio and X-ray.
Sixty years later, G. E.
created new fluorescent lamps, which came with white colored bulbs.
During World War II, General Electric supplied the United States military with executives and equipment manufacturing.
A high-frequency alternator created by Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, a Swedish-born engineer, made possible the first voice radio broadcast.
