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Michael Faraday
FAIR-uh-day
England
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The English experimentalist whose discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831 made electricity generation possible: a moving magnet induces current in a wire, the principle behind every generator and transformer since. A bookbinder with little formal schooling, he rose through the Royal Institution to become one of the most influential experimental scientists in history.
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Defining ContributionDiscovery of electromagnetic induction, 1831, the principle of the electric generator and transformer 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Electromagnetic induction, discovered by Faraday in 1831, is the operating principle of every grid generator and transformer.
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
United States Energy Information Administration Official Site
US Energy Information AdministrationTechnologies Developed: Electric Generator, Electricity explained, How electricity is generated, Electromagnetic generatorsQuote, Technologies Developed: Electric Generator, Electricity explained, How electricity is generated, Electromagnetic generators
He found that moving a magnet inside a coil of wire makes (induces) an electric current flow through the wire.
Royal Institution Official Site
Royal Institution of Great BritainMilestones Credited: Faraday Demonstrates Induction, Collection, Michael Faraday ring-coil apparatusQuote, Milestones Credited: Faraday Demonstrates Induction, Collection, Michael Faraday ring-coil apparatus
He achieved success with the device pictured above on 29 August 1831.
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