Inventors Science

Here's a biographical profile of Charles F. Kettering, a man who always sought solutions to great problems. A philosopher, engineer, master salesman, scientist and genius inventor, Kettering, Delco's founder and major shareholder of GM, gave us many things: electric automobile starters, electric headlights, Freon, automatic transmissions, incubators for premature babies, premium gasoline, car generators, electric cash registers, and much more.

Nicholas always felt someday he would do great things, but he never expected it to be so special. He always loved working with his hands, building things of all kind. He, especially, enjoyed making toys for the children in town. He even fixed broken toys for the children they would drop off. Nicholas also loved working with all the different animals on his pa's farm. If one would get sick, he would stay up all night tending to it.