2007-10-15 12:44:30 · 1 answers · asked by Daylin G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
IN 1821 Michael Faraday was the first to come up with the concept of the simple DC motor.
The first DC motor using a commutator was invented by William Sturgeon in 1832.
In the 1870s Frank J. Sprague, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, invented a large-scale synchronous industrial DC motor, although it is also creditied to Zenobe Gramme..
In 1888 Nicolai Tesla invented the AC induction motor.
2007-10-15 12:58:47 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-24 03:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by Heywood 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1873, Zenobe Gramme, a Belgian inventor, invented the first commercially practical (one which could be made reliably and cheaply enough to sell commercially) electric motor.
2016-03-16 07:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicolas Tesla invented the electric motor - he would up selling the patents to George Westinghouse for a pittance... He also selected 60 Hz as the standard for the US grid frequency...
2007-10-15 12:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by Steve E 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋