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Electrical Transformer
Also Known As Transformer
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A device that changes alternating current from one voltage to another through electromagnetic induction, with no moving parts. Practical transformers of the mid 1880s, from the ZBD engineers in Hungary and William Stanley in the United States, made it possible to transmit power at high voltage over long distances and deliver it safely at low voltage, the fact that decided the adoption of alternating current for the electrical grid.
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Technology Type Invented YearThe ZBD transformer and the Stanley transformer both date to 1885; Faraday demonstrated induction between coils in 1831. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Westinghouse commercialized the transformer in America on the ZBD and Gaulard-Gibbs work, with William Stanley as his engineer.
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Royal Institution Official Site
Royal Institution of Great BritainAssociated With: Faraday Demonstrates Induction, Collection, Michael Faraday ring-coil apparatusQuote, Associated With: Faraday Demonstrates Induction, Collection, Michael Faraday ring-coil apparatus
thus creating the first ever electric transformer.
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