1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57

   …Cockcroft and Walton to build a high voltage machine he called for "a million volts in a soapbox". == Cockcroft-Walton Generator == The Cockcroft-Walton generator, a system of capacitors and thermionic rectifiers produced voltages around 600,000 vo…
   …**Nuclear Fission** led to many types of experiments, not least, the **Atom Bomb**. {{Tag ids="Nuclear atom power volts generator university"}} …

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

   …le battery was sent. == Motor == {{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="250" }} After [[Electric_Generator| Faraday]] had demonstrated his homopolar motor in 1821, physicists were excited to make the electric motor a useful, s…

3. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37

   …st Generator == {{Image url="FaradayDiskGenerator.jpg" class="left" title="Faraday Disk Generator" width="" }} In 1831 Michael Faraday discovered the operating principle of electromagnetic generators. The horseshoe-…

4. Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43

   … station was in **Cragside** [[Northumberland]], [[England]]. **William George Armstrong** (1810 – 1900) installed a generator in his home to power labour-saving machines such as laundry equipment and a hydraulic lift in 1870. {{Image url="Crag…

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