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  2. Dynamo - Wikipedia

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    "Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, U.S. patent 284,110) A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator.Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundation upon which many other later electric-power conversion devices were based, including the electric motor, the alternating-current ...

  3. Dynamo theory - Wikipedia

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    If the magnetic field does grow, then the system is either capable of dynamo action or is a dynamo, but if the magnetic field does not grow, then it is simply referred to as “not a dynamo”. An analogous method called the membrane paradigm is a way of looking at black holes that allows for the material near their surfaces to be expressed in ...

  4. Mechanically powered flashlight - Wikipedia

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    A dyno torch, dynamo torch, or squeeze flashlight is a flashlight or pocket torch which generates energy via a flywheel. The user repeatedly squeezes a handle to spin a flywheel inside the flashlight, attached to a small generator/dynamo, supplying electric current to an incandescent bulb or light-emitting diode. The flashlight must be pumped ...

  5. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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    The magnetic field of the dynamo or alternator can be provided by either wire windings called field coils or permanent magnets. Electrically-excited generators include an excitation system to produce the field flux. A generator using permanent magnets (PMs) is sometimes called a magneto, or a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG).

  6. Third-brush dynamo - Wikipedia

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    Three-brush dynamo charging circuit A third-brush dynamo was a type of dynamo , an electrical generator , formerly used for battery charging on motor vehicles . It was superseded, first by a two-brush dynamo equipped with an external voltage regulator , and later by an alternator .

  7. Gramme machine - Wikipedia

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    A Gramme machine, Gramme ring, Gramme magneto, or Gramme dynamo is an electrical generator that produces direct current, named for its Belgian inventor, Zénobe Gramme, and was built as either a dynamo or a magneto. [1] It was the first generator to produce power on a commercial scale for industry.

  8. Dynamometer - Wikipedia

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    A 4-minute ‘how-it-works video’ tutorial explaining how engine-dynamometer water-brake absorbers work. The hydraulic dynamometer (also referred to as the water brake absorber) [ 4 ] was invented by British engineer William Froude in 1877 in response to a request by the Admiralty to produce a machine capable of absorbing and measuring the ...

  9. Excitation (magnetic) - Wikipedia

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    Alternator of 1930s diesel generating set, with excitation dynamo above. For large, or older, generators, it is usual for a separate exciter dynamo to be powered in parallel with the main power generator. This is a small permanent-magnet or battery-excited dynamo that produces the field current for the larger generator.