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Electro (/ ɪ ˈ l ɛ k t r oʊ /) is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the Maxwell "Max" Dillon version of Electro was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Feb. 1964) as an adversary to the superhero Spider-Man.
It was the beginning of modern dynamos – that is, electrical generators which operate using a magnetic field. The invention of the industrial generator in 1866 by Werner von Siemens – which did not need external magnetic power – made a large series of other inventions possible.
It became once the most widely used synthesizer at that time in both popular and electronic art music. [179] Patrick Gleeson , playing live with Herbie Hancock at the beginning of the 1970s, pioneered the use of synthesizers in a touring context, where they were subject to stresses the early machines were not designed for.
British, scientist; 1825 – invented the electro-magnet; 1833 – built first commutated rotating electric machine that was demonstrated in London. [3] 1832–33, Hippolyte Pixii: French, instrument maker, built the first AC generating apparatus out of a rotation; and, the following year, an oscillating DC generator. [3] [5] [6] [19] 1833 ...
Galvanism: electrodes touch a frog, and the legs twitch into the upward position [1]. Galvanism is a term invented by the late 18th-century physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta to refer to the generation of electric current by chemical action. [2]
Electro Quarterstaff, an instrumental heavy metal band from Winnipeg, Canada Electro Tone Corporation , a company that produced add-ons for Hammond organs in the 1960s and 1970s Electrostar , a series of trains used by railroad companies of Great Britain and South Africa.
By the end of the 17th century, researchers had developed practical means of generating electricity by friction with an electrostatic generator, but the development of electrostatic machines did not begin in earnest until the 18th century, when they became fundamental instruments in the studies about the new science of electricity.
Electro (or electro-funk, sometimes called electro-pop) [3] [4] [5] is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machines, [6] [7] with an immediate origin in early hip hop and funk genres.