Click to open image viewer. No extant maker's markings. Early single phase induction motor, built by Elihu Thomson in 1888. The frame is of circular construction and consists of laminated metal sheets ...

Early incarnations of the electric motor first appeared in the 1740s through the work of Scottish Benedictine monk and scientist, Andrew Gordon. Other scientists such as Michael Faraday and Joseph ...

The asynchronous electric motor, also referred to as an AC induction motor, is the most common type of commercial and industrial AC motor. Its invention dates back to the 1800s and the likes of ...