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American engineer at General Motors’ research laboratory in Dayton; vice president of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation in 1925.

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Thomas Midgley Jr.. American engineer at General Motors’ research laboratory in Dayton; vice president of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation in 1925.

1921

Thomas Midgley Jr. developed Tetraethyl lead. Found its anti-knock effect.

1925

Thomas Midgley Jr. worked at Ethyl Corporation. Vice President.

Thomas Midgley Jr., involved in Early federal questions about tetraethyl lead, 1922-1923, First sale of ethyl gasoline, 1923, the Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925 and Finding tetraethyl lead’s anti-knock effect, 1921.

Thomas Midgley Jr. appears in The Secret History of Lead.

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