Nelson W. Rogers

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Nelson W. Rogers
Fields of study
Lighting

Biography

Nelson W. Rogers was an electrical engineer who contributed to the development of mercury vapor lamps and the mercury vapor rectifier. He was an assistant to Peter Cooper Hewitt from 1898 to 1907 and was listed as an inventor or co-inventor on several United States patents.

Further Reading

Patent Number 1079342: Electric gas or vapor lamp

Patent Number 751016: System of electrical distribution