later built the first American jet engine, the G. E.<br />It was used to power the Lockheed F-80, but the plane was manufactured too late to be used in World War II.<br />A decade later, a new type of vacuum tube called the magnetron was created; it was<br />then used in World War II radar systems and the invention of the microwave.<br />Dow Corning led the development of silicone products during World War II, but G. E.<br />entered the market shortly after with a more efficient manufacturing process.<br />One year after X-rays were first discovered, a founder of the modern electric age, Elihu Thomson, created an X-ray tube.<br />G. E.’s tube could transmit up to 50,000 volts and made possible advances used in radio and X-ray.<br />Sixty years later, G. E.<br />created new fluorescent lamps, which came with white colored bulbs.<br />During World War II, General Electric supplied the United States military with executives and equipment manufacturing.<br />A high-frequency alternator created by Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, a Swedish-born engineer, made possible the first voice radio broadcast.
