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}} was an Austrian-born engineer, best known as the inventor of the [[Variac]]. | }} was an Austrian-born engineer, best known as the inventor of the [[Variac]]. | ||
Karplus was born in Hinterbrühl, Austria, the second child of Johann Paul Karplus, a neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, and Valerie von Lieben, a sister of physicist [[wikipedia:Robert von Lieben|Robert von Lieben]]. | Karplus was born in [[wikipedia:Hinterbrühl|Hinterbrühl, Austria]], the second child of Johann Paul Karplus, a neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, and Valerie von Lieben, a sister of physicist [[wikipedia:Robert von Lieben|Robert von Lieben]]. | ||
He graduated from Vienna University of Technology in 1923. From 1923 to 1929, he was employed in the RF laboratories of C. Lorenz AG, Berlin, Germany, where he worked on mobile high-frequency communication equipment. | He graduated from Vienna University of Technology in 1923. From 1923 to 1929, he was employed in the RF laboratories of [[wikipedia:C. Lorenz AG|C. Lorenz AG]], Berlin, Germany, where he worked on mobile high-frequency communication equipment. | ||
In 1930, Eduard Karplus joined the engineering staff of General Radio Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he designed and developed measuring instruments, including work on early models of oscilloscopes. | In 1930, Eduard Karplus joined the engineering staff of [[General Radio|General Radio Corporation]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he designed and developed measuring instruments, including work on early models of oscilloscopes. | ||
Karplus' best-known invention is the development of the first practical, continuously adjustable variable-ratio autotransformer, which General Radio introduced under the "[[Variac]]" brand name (short for "variable AC") in 1933. | |||
In the 1940s and 1950, Karplus continued to work on microwave topics such as signal generators, including the design of the [[GR-874 connector|GR-874 hermaphroditic high-frequency connector]]. | In the 1940s and 1950, Karplus continued to work on microwave topics such as signal generators, including the design of the [[GR-874 connector|GR-874 hermaphroditic high-frequency connector]]. | ||