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  2. William Sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The magnet was made of 18 turns of bare copper wire (insulated wire had not yet been invented). [1] William Sturgeon (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ə n /; 22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor.

  3. Electromagnet - Wikipedia

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    British scientist William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet in 1824. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His first electromagnet was a horseshoe-shaped piece of iron that was wrapped with about 18 turns of bare copper wire.

  4. Horseshoe magnet - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the magnet was originally created as a replacement for the bar magnet as it makes the magnetic field stronger for a magnet of comparable strength. [5] A horseshoe magnet is stronger because both poles of the magnet are closer to each other and in the same plane which allows the magnetic lines of flux to flow along a more direct path between the poles and concentrates the magnetic ...

  5. Timeline of the electric motor - Wikipedia

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    1825–1833 William Sturgeon: British, scientist; 1825 – invented the electro-magnet; 1833 – built first commutated rotating electric machine that was demonstrated in London. [3] 1832–33, Hippolyte Pixii: French, instrument maker, built the first AC generating apparatus out of a rotation; and, the following year, an oscillating DC generator.

  6. History of electromagnetic theory - Wikipedia

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    In 1825 William Sturgeon of Woolwich, England, invented the horseshoe and straight bar electromagnet, receiving therefor the silver medal of the Society of Arts. [71] In 1837 Carl Friedrich Gauss and Weber (both noted workers of this period) jointly invented a reflecting galvanometer for telegraph purposes.

  7. Sturgeon Bay gets a new fitness center in a space vacant 22 ...

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    The business was founded in 2014 by Hans Hartleben with a center in Plover and has expanded across Wisconsin and elsewhere through franchising. The Sturgeon Bay location is FIRE Fitness' 23rd ...

  8. Magnet - Wikipedia

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    A magnet is a material or object ... This led William Sturgeon to develop an iron ... with the cube of the distance from the magnet's center. Closer to the magnet ...

  9. A new yoga studio and wellness center in Sturgeon Bay will ...

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    Certified and registered yoga teacher (CYT-200 and RYT-200) Brooke Ulrich will hold a grand opening Oct. 1 for The Yoga Womb, her new yoga and wellness studio in Sturgeon Bay.