Born: London, England
Ayrton is best known as the inventor of a number of electrical measurement devices and as an engineering educator. Ayrton’s early work was with the Indian Telegraph Service, after which he studied with William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in Glasgow. After several more telegraph assignments Ayrton traveled to Tokyo, where he established the first electrical engineering teaching laboratory at the Imperial Engineering College. Among his many inventions he is credited with the ammeter and an improved voltmeter. His wife Bertha was also an active researcher and became the first woman to be admitted to the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Ayrton is best known as the inventor of a number of electrical measurement devices and as an engineering educator. Ayrton’s early work was with the Indian Telegraph Service, after which he studied with William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in Glasgow. After several more telegraph assignments Ayrton traveled to Tokyo, where he established the first electrical engineering teaching laboratory at the Imperial Engineering College. Among his many inventions he is credited with the ammeter and an improved voltmeter. His wife Bertha was also an active researcher and became the first woman to be admitted to the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
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