When was the first documented mention of mechanically generated electricity?
Upvote:1
If you mean electromagnetic generator, it was first designed by Faraday (see Wikipedia, "Electric generator") and it is called the Faraday disk.
But strictly speaking, you can "mechanically generate electricity" in another way: by rubbing a piece of glass or another substance. This is known since antiquity. A machine with wheels, called friction generator was invented by Otto von Guericke in 1663. See Wikipedia "Electrostatic generator".
More post
- 📝 What rectangular object would is this Boer War era officer carrying on his left hand side?
- 📝 How were old wooden warships with structural damage to the hull repaired at dock?
- 📝 Why did Canada, Australia and New Zealand separate from the UK?
- 📝 What is "quarter column"?
- 📝 Can you help identify this European military uniform and medals?
- 📝 Which cultures considered dual-gender sacred
- 📝 Was Kaliningrad offered to the Lithuanian SSR; was this offer rejected; and if so, why?
- 📝 What evidence is Chomsky alluding to when he states the US is preventing a settlement between Israel & Palestine?
- 📝 How did ancient empires account for slow propagation of information e.g. in their legal codes?
- 📝 Why did Chamberlain act to appease Hitler leading up to the outbreak of World War 2?
- 📝 Upper-class male cohabitation in mid-19th century USA
- 📝 How Much Did World War Two Cost Financially?
- 📝 Post-war plan for Nazi Germany in Russia?
- 📝 Why did Mexico encourage the settlement of Texas by Americans?
- 📝 What to do about historical Wikipedia articles contradicting each other in different languages?
- 📝 Early modern vs late modern vs post modern?
- 📝 What is the Balboa Park in San Francisco named after?
- 📝 Is chain mail expensive?
- 📝 How was occupied France governed during World War II?
- 📝 References to Aspirin in the "Chicago" musical
- 📝 How do we know this bust is Aristotle?
- 📝 Why was the Cornish Militia stationed in Devon in late 18th Century?
- 📝 Is there any evidence of armies enrolling women in fighting roles in significant number in antiquity or the middle ages?
- 📝 What book on liberty did Lord Acton not write?
- 📝 Was burning/disposing of furniture a common act during the Iranian Revolution?
- 📝 Comparison of naval fleet strengths during the Napoleonic wars
- 📝 Who was the last Emperor of England?
- 📝 Why the six hour gap between British and French declarations of war?
- 📝 In Tolstoy's War and Peace, one character is captured after the Battle of Austerlitz and is taken as a POW. Was his experience historically accurate?
- 📝 How did South Korea become one of the most developed nations on Earth?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 When was the first documented mention of mechanically generated electricity?
- 📝 What was the first documented mention of American English different from British English?
- 📝 What / When was the first use of concentration camps in history?
- 📝 When was the last documented occasion that Arab or Ottoman slave traders abducted people from Europe?
- 📝 When was the American War of Independence first called a 'Revolution'?
- 📝 When was the concept of "weekly day off" first introduced in Indian Subcontinent?
- 📝 When was the first electrical intra-battlefield communication?
- 📝 When was the first time Rome was mentioned in outside records (and specifically, in Greek ones)?
- 📝 When was "diablo" first used to refer to the Devil?
- 📝 When and where was the first time moveable bridge?
- 📝 When was the concept of the "border wall" between the United States and Mexico first proposed?
- 📝 When was the first usage of the slogan "Wer hat uns verraten..."?
- 📝 When was the testudo / tortoise formation first used by the Romans?
- 📝 When was King John of England given the name 'Dollheart', and who first used it?
- 📝 When was the first intentional ricochet fired from a naval artillery?
- 📝 When was the first known international call between two heads of state or government?
- 📝 When was the first recorded example of a race competition in human history?
- 📝 When the term "president" was used the first time?
- 📝 When and where was the first naval gunnery school/college established?
- 📝 When was the first airborne combat drop?
- 📝 When was the "New Kingdom" of Egypt first called that?
- 📝 When was the White Feather first used as a symbol of cowardice?
- 📝 When was the first confirmed circumnavigation of Africa?
- 📝 Who conducted the first "straw poll" in U.S. election politics, and when was it conducted?
- 📝 When was the first full length book sent over telegraph?
- 📝 When was King Alfred first called 'Alfred the Great'?
- 📝 When was the concept of "art criticism" first seen?
- 📝 When was the term 'finishing school' first used?
- 📝 Why is Musselburgh considered the first golf course, when St. Andrews was where golf was first played?
- 📝 When was the first time lower-class people had a reasonable chance of having a fair trial?