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  2. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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    The first electromagnetic generator, the Faraday disk, was invented in 1831 by British scientist Michael Faraday. Generators provide nearly all the power for electrical grids . In addition to electricity- and motion-based designs, photovoltaic and fuel cell powered generators use solar power and hydrogen-based fuels, respectively, to generate ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Homopolar generator - Wikipedia

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    A homopolar generator is a DC electrical generator comprising an electrically conductive disc or cylinder rotating in a plane perpendicular to a uniform static magnetic field. A potential difference is created between the center of the disc and the rim (or ends of the cylinder) with an electrical polarity that depends on the direction of ...

  5. Gramme machine - Wikipedia

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    It was the first generator to produce power on a commercial scale for industry. Inspired by a machine invented by Antonio Pacinotti in 1860, Gramme was the developer of a new induced rotor in form of a wire-wrapped ring ( Gramme ring ) and demonstrated this apparatus to the Academy of Sciences in Paris in 1871.

  6. Michael Faraday - Wikipedia

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    Electromagnetic rotation experiment of Faraday, ... the Faraday disc was the first electric generator. ... The equipment available to him was, however, insufficient ...

  7. Timeline of the electric motor - Wikipedia

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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

  8. Faraday's law of induction - Wikipedia

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    Faraday was the first to publish the results of his experiments. [5] [6] Faraday's 1831 demonstration [7] Faraday's notebook on August 29, 1831 [8] describes an experimental demonstration of electromagnetic induction (see figure) [9] that wraps two wires around opposite sides of an iron ring (like a modern toroidal transformer).

  9. Faraday paradox - Wikipedia

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    Faraday deduced his law of induction in 1831, after inventing the first electromagnetic generator or dynamo, but was never satisfied with his own explanation of the paradox. Faraday's law compared to the Maxwell–Faraday equation