who invented the electric motor and the generator?
Phillip
2006-02-17 18:00:12 UTC
who invented the electric motor and the generator?
Six answers:
sandislandtim
2006-02-17 18:38:18 UTC
The DC generator and motor were indeed invented by Michael Faraday. The 3-phase AC generator and motor, which are the basis of all large-scale generation and industrial production today, were invented by the greatest electrical engineer the world has ever known - Nikola Tesla. Just as importantly, three-phase power was brought to market by George Westinghouse.
Thomas Edison gets a lot of credit for electrical work, but he wasn't nearly as great an inventor as Tesla.
2016-10-31 05:03:52 UTC
Who Invented Electric Generator
Lizabeth
2016-05-20 04:45:20 UTC
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. With only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Edison obtained 1,093 United States patents, the most issued to any individual. Edison's greatest contribution was the first practical electric lighting. He not only invented the first successful electric light bulb, but also set up the first electrical power distribution company. Edison invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology. He also founded the first modern research laboratory. Edison was also a good businessman. He not only designed important new devices, he created companies worldwide for the manufacture and sale of his inventions. Along with other manufacturing pioneers of his era, Edison helped make the United States a world industrial power. He and Henry Ford became friends after Edison encouraged Ford to use the gasoline powered engine for the automobile. Edison was also a ruthless businessman who fought viciously to defeat his competitors. One of the most notorious examples of his competitive vigor were the lengths he went to to discredit Nicola Tesla's Alternating Current system, which is the system of electrical distribution in use today. Edison had great faith in progress and industry, and valued long, hard work. He used to say, "Genius was 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." Edison believed that inventing useful products offered everyone the opportunity for fame and fortune while benefiting society.
2006-02-22 08:14:48 UTC
generator, in electricity, machine used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It operates on the principle of electromagnetic induction, discovered (1831) by Michael Faraday. When a conductor passes through a magnetic field, a voltage is induced across the ends of the conductor. The generator is simply a mechanical arrangement for moving the conductor and leading the current produced by the voltage to an external circuit, where it actuates devices that require electricity.
DellXPSBuyer
2006-02-17 18:18:22 UTC
Although I haven't searched wikipedia, I believe Faraday was really the first person who used magnetic fields to create a simple motor. I remember hearing stories that his wife was the one who actually invented the first insulated wire by wrapping thin cotton thread around it.
birchardvilleobservatory
2006-02-18 17:26:00 UTC
Edison didn't, according to some, believe in Alternating Current electric power -- his developments were Direct Current. Tesla was the brain behind what's today's electic power grid systems. Edison's DC would have needed power plants in everyone's backyard, because DC systems can't use transformers to use very high voltages and low currents to minimize transmission losses.
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