Power & Energy
Electric motor
An electric motor turns electrical energy into mechanical motion through the interaction of currents and magnetic fields. As motors spread through workshops, they made it possible to drive machines individually and reorganise fact...
About this artifact
An electric motor turns electrical energy into mechanical motion through the interaction of currents and magnetic fields. As motors spread through workshops, they made it possible to drive machines individually and reorganise factories around more flexible power supplies.
Sources & image credits
Historic artifact: Joule’s 1842 electric motor
Image: An electric motor presented to Kelvin by James Joule in 1842, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.jpg
Creator: Stephencdickson
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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