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Clair Elmore Anderson

Best known today for a single surviving work, this early 20th-century engineer wrote with the precision of a researcher and the curiosity of an inventor. His book offers a small but vivid window into the world of electric lighting at a time when tungsten lamps were still new technology.

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The Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp

The Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp

by Clair Elmore Anderson

About the author

Clair Elmore Anderson was an American electrical engineer whose known published work is The Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp. Project Gutenberg identifies it as a 1912 scientific thesis submitted for a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois.

That background shapes the book itself: it is less a literary work than a concise, practical study from the early days of modern electric lighting. For listeners interested in the history of technology, Anderson's writing captures a moment when lamp design, efficiency, and measurement were active frontiers of engineering.

Biographical details about Anderson are limited in the sources I could confirm. A Find a Grave memorial lists his lifespan as 1886 to 1942, but beyond that, reliable personal information appears to be scarce.