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Electrical generators from the 1880s

Dynamos were the first electrical generators and the predecessors of many other later electric-power conversion devices including the electric motor. The models below, developed in the 1880s, were used for lighting production. They converted mechanical energy, delivered by steam engines, to electrical energy. Electric motors convert electrical energy to mechanical energy.

Fort wayne jenney dynamo

The american dynamo

The brush dynamo

The clark dynamo

The heisler dynamo

The indianapolis dynamo

Excelsior dynamo

The sawyer man

The schuyler dynamo

Thomson houston arc dynamo

Van depoele dynamo

Waterhouse dynamo

Western dynamo

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