1. LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09

   …te supplies of the materials being available, under licence, from Merck Ltd (then BDH Ltd), due to the foresight of Ben Sturgeon, their Research Director. Many companies exploited George’s materials in their LCDs, the most successful being large…

2. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02

   …ice. Over the next few years several inventors made magnetic rotating devices including Rev. William Ritchie. In 1830, Sturgeon produced a vastly improved form of battery – known as the amalgamated zinc battery which had a longer battery life th…
   …an that produced by Italian innovator Volta. Sturgeon could now power his strong electro-magnets and making them horse-shoe shape increased the power even more. But the draw…
   …th powerful magnets is that the motion is stopped when the poles repell. == And the Commutator == {{Image url="WilliamSturgeonMotor.jpg" class="left" title="The principle of the Sturgeon Motor" width="350" }} The simplicity of the **commutator**…
   … was ingenious. Keeping this force going in one direction was the clever bit. By flipping the current Sturgeon could make the current reverse every time the wheel met the next magnet. That meant the wheel would keep rotating in t…

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