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Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (died 1901)
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Zénobe Gramme
Belgian electrical engineer (1826–1901)
Zénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gramme machine
Electrical generator that produces direct current
A Gramme machine, Gramme ring, Gramme magneto, or Gramme dynamo is an electrical generator that produces direct current, named for its Belgian inventor, Zénobe Gramme, and was built as either a dynamo or a magneto. It was the first generator to produce power on a commercial…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)