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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Cowles, Eugene H.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1854-1892
History
Eugene H. Cowles was a director and secretary of the Leader printing company, and manager of the Cowles electric smelting and aluminum company, of Lockport, N. Y. Together with his brother, A. H. Cowles, he invented the process of making aluminum by means of electrical heat. He also invented the overhead trolley system of propelling street cars electricity.