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William Sturgeon (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ə n /; 22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor. Early life
A DC motor is an electrical motor that uses direct current (DC) to produce mechanical force. The most common types rely on magnetic forces produced by currents in the coils. Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal mechanism, either electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction of current in part of the motor.
In 1993, it was recast and released as the "Sonic Boom Tank", as part of the Street Fighter II toy line, also produced by Hasbro at the time. [43] Parasite – The Cobra Parasite was first released in 1992. It was an armored personnel carrier, that featured a "bomb firing catapult" with three gyro-catapult bombs, a rotating laser chin gun, and ...
The first commutator DC electric motor capable of turning machinery was invented by English scientist William Sturgeon in 1832. [23] Following Sturgeon's work, a commutator-type direct-current electric motor was built by American inventors Thomas Davenport and Emily Davenport, [24] which he patented in 1837.
William Sturgeon built an electric motor in 1832 and invented the commutator, a ring of metal-bristled brushes which allow the spinning armature to maintain contact with the electric current and changed the alternating current to a pulsating direct current. He also improved the voltaic battery and worked on the theory of thermoelectricity.
Dee Jay was conceived for Super Street Fighter II by American designer James Goddard, and his name was chosen as a variant on Goddard's nickname, DJames. [1] [2] He was the first Street Fighter character to be designed by an American, [3] and only one of only three characters in the series to have been conceived by an American, along with Blade and Captain Sawada.
Takuma Tsurugi was born to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother in 1939. In 1944 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-year-old Tsurugi received martial arts training from his father, who had perfected his own unique hybrid-martial art known as Satsujin-ken (殺人拳, lit. "killer fist") which is Japanese Karate fused with Chinese Boxing.
Character roster of Ultra Street Fighter IV The main titles of the Street Fighter fighting game series have introduced a varied cast of 87 characters from the main series, and 34 from several spin-offs, for a total of 121 playable characters who originate from 24 countries, each with his or her unique fighting style. This is a list of playable characters and non-playable opponents from the ...