Generator History

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  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday
    Michael Faraday built first electromagnetic generator called the Faraday Disc.

  • Hippolyte Pixii

    Hippolyte Pixii
    Hippolyte Pixii discovered the first magnetic electric generator based on Faraday's principles.

  • Anyos Jedlik

    Anyos Jedlik
    Anyos Jedlik finishes a prototype of the single pole electric starter.

  • Werner Siemens

    Werner Siemens
    Werner Siemens perfects the Dynamo.

  • H. Wilde

    H. Wilde made the commercially successful Alliance generator for powering arc lamps in lighthouses.

  • Zenobe Gramme

    Zenobe Gramme
    Zenobe Gramme made a model that smoothed the direct current of energy.

  • Werner Siemens

    Werner Siemens
    Werner Siemens reemerges and a invents a very modern type of Dynamo.

  • Motors and Generators

    It was discovered that a motor could be switched to act as a generator and vice versa.

  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison installed three 125-horsepower "Jumbo" generators on Pearl Street.

  • Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla
    Nikola Tesla invents an improved AC generator and practical AC motor.