The Dynamo's name begins, however, with a bit of history: the foundation of the electric generator. The technical definition for a dynamo is an electric generator that produces a direct current ...

President Trump delivers remarks following his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. In this video, we test our ...

From legendary trash talk to playing left-handed just for fun, the stories about Larry Bird are almost too crazy to believe. But former players confirm—they’re all real. Bird wasn’t just a great ...

Experiments with electro-magnets led to the design of an improved electrid generator described in his patents of 1863 and 1865. Wilde's “dynamo-electric machines”—as they were named by ...

This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate ... This self-sustaining loop is known as the geomagnetic dynamo. Energy is needed to keep the dynamo running.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In a dynamo, a split ring commutator changes the coil connections every half turn. As the induced potential ...

Cars use a type of a.c. generator, called an alternator, to keep the battery charged and to run the electrical system while the engine is working. A dynamo is another type of generator sometimes ...