Nathaniel B. Wales

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Nathaniel Brackett Wales (1883 – November 15, 1974) was an American inventor credited with early patents on refrigerators, washers, vacuum cleaners, and co-inventor with his son of the proximity detonator used in bombs in World War II. [1]

Wales was the founder of the Kelvinator home appliance company in Detroit, Michigan in 1914.

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  1. ^ New York Times:NATHANIEL WALES, INVENTOR, 91, DIES; Physicist Held Patents on Refrigerators, Washers;November 18, 1974
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