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French, engineer and instrument maker; first of various motors; first motor translated linear "electromagnetic piston's" energy to wheel's rotary motion. See also Mouse mill motor. [6] [18] [20] [21] 1856, Werner Siemens: German, industrialist; invented generator with a double-T armature and slots windings. [3] [6] 1861–1864, James Clerk Maxwell
"The Blacksmith's Motor. Electricity, magnetism, and motion: A self-taught Vermonter pointed the direction for lighting the world." Mechanical Engineering, July 1999. Davenport's patent for the electric motor, issued in early 1837, Today in Technology History February 25 (direct link) Smalley and Davenport's shop
An electric motor is a machine that ... His second motor was powerful enough to drive a boat with 14 people across a wide river. ... These motors were invented to ...
Russian engineer Pavel Yablochkov invented the electric carbon arc lamp: 1876: Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone 1877: American inventor Thomas Edison invented the phonograph: 1877: German industrialist Werner von Siemens developed a primitive loudspeaker: 1878: First electric street lighting in Paris, France 1878
The "whirl" was an electrostatic reaction motor, the earliest of its kind; [1] while the second derives its theoretical importance as the first instance of the application of what came to be called electric convection. Gordon died in Erfurt, Thuringia.
In 1828, Ányos Jedlik, a Hungarian who invented an early electric motor, constructed a tiny model car powered by his new motor. [8] In 1834, Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport, the inventor of the first American DC electric motor, installed his motor in a small model car, which he operated on a short circular electrified track. [24]
Together with her husband Thomas Davenport, they invented an electric motor and electric locomotive around 1834. [1] [2] [3] Davenport kept detailed notes and actively contributed to the process of the inventions. [3] Needing to insulate the motor's iron core, Davenport cut her wedding dress into strips of silk to insulate the wire windings. [4]
Kettering invented an easy credit approval system, a precursor to today's credit cards, and the electric cash register in 1906, which made ringing up sales physically much easier for sales clerks. Kettering distinguished himself as a practical inventor. As he said, "I didn't hang around much with other inventors and the executive fellows.