Long time Keely friend and confidant. After Keely's death Kinraide took a remnant of Keely's machines to Boston.
Kinraide High Frequency Device Patent
Kinraide Patent Drawing
see The Columbian January 12-1899 - mentions Kinraide
Have you ever heard about “Kinraide coil”?
It was invented by Thomas Burton Kinraide;
it was granted on April 18, 1899
• The document illustrates Kinraide’s high‑frequency, high‑potential induction apparatus, including its interrupter mechanism, primary and secondary windings, and accessory wiring for producing powerful high‑voltage discharges.
• Kinraide was a Boston‑based experimenter noted for developing high‑frequency coils in the late 1890s, with related patents such as US615,653 (Dec 6, 1898) describing a high‑frequency induction apparatus.
Inventor and date
• Inventor: Thomas Burton Kinraide (Jamaica Plain/Boston, Massachusetts).patents.google
• Patent grant date: April 18, 1899; application date: May 5, 1898.
Photos and museum references
• Waywiser (Harvard CHSI) lists Kinraide and shows examples of “Kinraide coil” equipment associated with his designs, offering object pages and images of extant coils.
• The Electrotherapy Museum discusses reconstructions and historical context of Kinraide/Tesla‑style high‑frequency induction coils, with photos of replica builds inspired by these patents. [anon]
See Also
Kinraide
Keely
Keely Motor Company
Keely Chronology
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