Galileo Ferraris

Background

An Italian physicist and electrical engineer in Turin.

Contribution

Independently discovered the rotating magnetic field and built an AC induction motor (1885), publishing the underlying theory.

Associated inventions

• Electric Motor & Generator

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Michael Faraday
• Joseph Henry
• Ányos Jedlik
• Nikola Tesla

Sources & further reading

Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.

• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)IEEE / United Engineering Foundation · Professional body

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