Motor Es
Motor Es
Motor Es
Perhaps the first electric motors were simple electrostatic devices created by the Scottish
monk Andrew Gordon in the 1740s.[2]The theoretical principle behind production of
mechanical force by the interactions of an electric current and a magnetic field,Ampre's
force law, was discovered later by Andr-Marie Ampre in 1820. The conversion of
electrical energy into mechanical energy by electromagnetic means was demonstrated by
the British scientist Michael Faraday in 1821. A free-hanging wire was dipped into a pool of
mercury, on which a permanent magnet (PM) was placed. When a current was passed
through the wire, the wire rotated around the magnet, showing that the current gave rise to
a close circular magnetic field around the wire.[3] This motor is often demonstrated in
physics experiments, brine substituting for toxic mercury. Though Barlow's wheel was an
early refinement to this Faraday demonstration, these and similar homopolar motors were
to remain unsuited to practical application until late in the century.
Jedlik's "electromagnetic self-rotor", 1827 (Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest). The historic motor
still works perfectly today.[4]
In 1827, Hungarian physicist nyos Jedlik started experimenting with electromagnetic coils.
After Jedlik solved the technical problems of the continuous rotation with the invention of
the commutator, he called his early devices "electromagnetic self-rotors". Although they
were used only for instructional purposes, in 1828 Jedlik demonstrated the first device to
contain the three main components of practical DC motors: the stator, rotor and
commutator. The device employed no permanent magnets, as the magnetic fields of both
the stationary and revolving components were produced solely by the currents flowing
through their windings.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]