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Hillbilly Genius: The Great "Boss Ket"

Posted August 17, 2009 1:11 PM by dstrohl

Most men are content doing one thing and doing it well. Charles Kettering, however, did many things well and almost singlehandedly steered the American auto industry toward modernity: He refined the coil ignition system, he developed the electric self-starter, he pioneered fast-drying lacquer paint. Yet all his inventions and advancements came from the one thing he was content to do very well: research. Maurice Hendry told Boss Ket's tale in SIA #51, June 1979.

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Re: Hillbilly Genius: The Great "Boss Ket"

08/17/2009 11:59 PM

Another entry from Hemmings with pages you can't read!!!

I hope CR4 doesn't pay for these.

Ket was larger than life.

A link to A Wikipedia Bio

Kettering was one of the engineers on the original diesel/electric locomotives

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08/18/2009 4:44 AM

If you click on one of the teeny pages, it should open in a new window, bigger. It can then be zoomed to a readable size (clip below):

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08/18/2009 11:04 AM

Thanks John & Moose for another tool in the pc toolbox

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08/18/2009 8:29 AM

These pages are not unreadable.

On the Hemmings page, just click the thumbnail of the first magazine page. (The URL changes to display a .jpg file) Then click the .jpg again to zoom in. The text displays in a readable size.

Hope this helps. If not, give us another shout.

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08/19/2009 12:24 PM

Dstrohl,

People like charles Kettering are born leaders, with commitment, self drive, dedication, keen ness, responsibility,magnanimity, an attitude towards perfection to meet targeted goals.

When some body's mind is filled with such selfless thoughts it is believed that even nature bestows it's best to help such people's mission.

If all of us develope such caliber, most the planet's problems could have got vanished.Class example of super humans. My salutations to this GURU.

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09/01/2009 11:42 AM

Personal connection: I was in the audience when Kettering, Ohio (named for him) officially changed from being a village to being a city, in 1955. "Boss Ket" was the speaker at the ceremony, so I heard him in person. My brother still lives in the city of Kettering . . . and I was there three weeks ago.

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