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  2. Homopolar motor - Wikipedia

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    Electromagnetic rotation experiment of Faraday, ca. 1821 [2] Working principle of a homopolar motor: due to movement of negative charges from center towards rim of the disk, a Lorentz force F L is created which brings the entire disk into rotation. The homopolar motor was the first electrical motor to be built.

  3. List of Allis-Chalmers engines - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of internal combustion engines produced by the former Allis-Chalmers Corporation Engine Division for use in their lines of tractors, combine harvesters, other agricultural equipment, engine-generators, and other industrial plant.

  4. Woodchipper - Wikipedia

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    A tree chipper or woodchipper [1] is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van.

  5. Timeline of the electric motor - Wikipedia

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    Electric Motor Chronology Selected Patents 1905, Alfred Zehden German, a feasible linear induction motor described in patent form for driving trains or lifts. U.S. patent 782,312: 1935, Hermann Kemper: German, built a working linear induction motor 1945–1949, Eric Laithwaite: British, first full-size working model of linear induction motor

  6. C. Arnold Beevers - Wikipedia

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    C. Arnold Beevers was born in Manchester, England. [2] His family moved to Liverpool and he attended the University of Liverpool, gaining a BSc degree in Physics in 1929, and a DSc degree in 1933.

  7. Electric motor - Wikipedia

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    An industrial electric motor . An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate force in the form of torque applied on the motor's shaft.

  8. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    The phonograph becomes faster and more convenient due to an electric motor. The electric motor brings on the first juke box with cylinders – even before flat disk records were widely available. Thomas Edison discovers thermionic emission. This effect forms the basis for the vacuum tube and the cathode ray tube.

  9. List of former equipment of the Hellenic Armed Forces

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    Harbour defence motor launch boat ML1051 (British made) Harbour defence motor launch boat ML1149 (British made) Harbour defence motor launch boat ML1221 (British made) Hunt-class destroyers (British made) L51 Themistoklis; L53 Kanaris; L65 Pindos; L67 Adrias (The name derived from the ancient Greek Adriatic) L84 Kriti; L91 Miaulis; Kihli Ι ...