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Thomas Davenport (inventor)
American blacksmith
Thomas Davenport (July 9, 1802 – July 6, 1851) was a Vermontblacksmith who, with his wife Emily, constructed the first American DCelectric motor in 1834.[1]
Biography
Davenport was born in Williamstown, Vermont.
He lived in Forest Dale, a village in the town of Brandon.
As early as 1834, he developed a battery-powered electric motor, along with his wife Emily Davenport.
Who invented the electric motor in 1873They used it to operate a small model car on a short section of track, paving the way for the later electrification of streetcars.[2] It is the first attempt to apply electrification to locomotion.[3]
Davenport's 1833 visit to the Penfield and Taft iron works at Crown Point, New York, where an electromagnet was operating, based on the design of Joseph Henry, was an impetus for his electromagnetic undertakings.
Davenport bought an electromagnet from the Crown Point factory and took it apart to see how it worked. Then he forged a