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According to local sources, it was the first in the United States to have electric air conditioning using freon. [24] Ridgeleigh Terrace was the home of his son, Eugene, until his death. Eugene's wife, Virginia , lived in the house for many years, restoring and redecorating it.
American; built a 12-pole electric motor with segmental commutator. [7] [18] [20] US 910: 1840, Truman Cook American; built electric motor with a PM armature. [18] [20] US 1735: 1845, Paul-Gustav Froment: French, engineer and instrument maker; first of various motors; first motor translated linear "electromagnetic piston's" energy to wheel's ...
This led directly to the invention of the first practical electric battery, the voltaic pile. After Franklin's death, two iconic artifacts from his research, the original "battery" of Leyden jars, and the "glass tube" that was a gift from Collinson in 1747, were given to the Royal Society in 1836 by Thomas Hopkinson 's grandson Joseph Hopkinson ...
"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 ...
The Gramme machine was the first powerful electric motor useful as more than a toy or laboratory curiosity. Today some elements of this design forms the basis of nearly all DC electric motors. Gramme's use of multiple commutator contacts with multiple overlapped coils, and his innovation of using a ring armature, was an improvement on earlier ...
These are motor/generators rather than motor–generators, single units which can act as either a motor or a generator. They make the cars more fuel-efficient by harvesting energy from regenerative braking and from the turbocharger, and can also be used to provide up to 160 BHP extra to the wheels to aid acceleration and overtaking, or to spin ...
Jones designed the portable air-cooling unit for trucks carrying perishable food to prevent spoilage. [11] [14] The Model A refrigeration equipment was attached to undercarriages of trucks. Chilled air was transported to the inside of the trailer via refrigerant tubing. [17] Because Model A was too heavy, Jones later developed the Model B.
During the last 125 years, various Brush companies (Brush Switchgear, Brush Transformers, Brush Traction and Brush Control Gear) have existed on the Falcon Works site, but throughout this period Brush Electrical Machines Ltd manufacturing generators and motors has always been the largest company. Over 5,000 staff were employed on the site ...