DocumentCode
1460772
Title
Ten founding fathers of the electrical science: II. Otto von Guericke: And the first electric machine
Author
Dibner, Bern
Author_Institution
Burndy Engineering Company, Inc., Norwalk, Conn.
Volume
73
Issue
5
fYear
1954
fDate
5/1/1954 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
396
Lastpage
397
Abstract
Otto von Guericke constructed the first electric machine—an electrostatic generator—by means of which he generated the first visible and audible electric discharges. With the new machine he observed the behavior of the electric charge along the electrical body, and took the first step in the ever-extending process of electric transmission of power.
Keywords
Electric machines; Electricity; Electrostatics; Feathers; Glass; Shafts; Sparks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0095-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/EE.1954.6438752
Filename
6438752
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