The story of Charles F. Kettering

American engineer whose General Motors research team turned to lead as an anti-knock additive; president of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation in 1925.

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Charles F. Kettering. American engineer whose General Motors research team turned to lead as an anti-knock additive; president of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation in 1925.

1925

Charles F. Kettering, head of Ethyl Corporation. President.

Charles F. Kettering, involved in the Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925 and Finding tetraethyl lead’s anti-knock effect, 1921.

Charles F. Kettering developed Tetraethyl lead.

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