
H. Lyman Saÿen
Born
in
Philadelphia
in
1875,
Saÿen
grew
up
to
become
a
gifted
engineer
and
scientist.
By
age
18,
his
design
for
a
large
scale
induction
coil
was
cited
at
the
World’s
Columbian
Exposition
of
1893,
and
in
1897
he
received
a
patent
for
a
self-regulating
x-ray
tube.
During
the
Spanish-American
War,
Saÿen
ran
the
medical
x-ray
laboratory
until
being
discharged
after
contracting
typhoid
fever
in
1898.
He
then
turned
his
attention
to
his
artistic
career
enrolling
in
the
Pennsylvania
Academy
of
Fine
Arts,
and
eventually
moved
to
Paris
where
he
developed
close
friendships
with
many
important
figures
in
the
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industry
including
Henri
Matisse
and
Pablo
Picasso.
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