William Sturgeon

William Sturgeon
William Sturgeon
Born22 May 1783
Died4 December 1850(1850-12-04) (aged 67)
Prestwich, Lancashire
NationalityEnglish
Known forElectromagnet and electric motor
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsElectromagnets
The first artificial electromagnet, invented by Sturgeon in 1824. Sturgeon's original drawing from his 1824 paper to the British Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. The magnet was made of 18 turns of bare copper wire (insulated wire had not yet been invented).[1]

William Sturgeon (22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical electric motor.

  1. ^ Thompson, Sylvanus P. (1891). Lectures on the Electromagnet. New York: W. J. Johnson Co. pp. 17–19.

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