Alfred Powell Morgan
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Alfred Powell Morgan (1889 – 1972), of Upper Montclair, New Jersey was an electrical engineer, an inventor with patents on radio and mechanical devices and an author of technical and children's books. He had three sons, which is why the books were originally written for boys. The 1970s editions were for boys and girls.
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[edit] Alfred Morgan's Contributions to Electronics
Alfred Morgan made many valuable contributions to developments in the field of radio and electronics. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a radio manufacturer for a number of years. His most notable books were a series of juvenile books about Radio and Electronics. This series included the Boys First, Second, Third & Fourth Book Of Radio And Electronics.
[edit] Adams Morgan Company
Alfred Morgan was a partner in the electronics business. The company was Adams Morgan. Adams Morgan was created about 1910 for distributing radio construction kits. Paul Forman Godley, the developer of the Paragon Receivers, was added in 1915 as the third. The company employed 50-100 employees/workers in 1922/23. After economic problems, production was stopped at the end of 1927.
[edit] Publications
Drawing on a lifetime of experience, Morgan produced many books on radio and electronics. Many of the projects described in his books cannot be built easily today either because the parts are not available or because of unsafe construction techniques. A few books are available in reprints including The Boy Electrician (Lindsay Publications).
Morgan also edited a monthly column on electricity and mechanics in The Boys' Magazine.
