GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

TECHNOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What Thomas Davenport invented?
A
Screw propellor
B
Electric streetcar
C
Chesterfield
D
Sleeping (railway) car
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Visiting Williamstown, VT, the birthplace of Thomas Davenport, the inventor of the first electric motor. Davenport’s electromagnetic invention, patented in 1837, was used to drive trolleys throughout the United States and all other forms of locomotion.

Detailed explanation-2: -1834 – The first electric motor is made History was made when Thomas Davenport of Vermont invented the first official battery-powered electric motor in 1834. This was the first electric motor that had enough power to perform a task and his invention was used to power a small-scale printing press.

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