KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Nikola Tesla
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Thomas Davenport
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Henry Ford
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Davenport, (born July 9, 1802, Williamstown, Vt., U.S.-died July 6, 1851, Salisbury, Vt.), American inventor of what was probably the first commercially successful electric motor, which he used with great ingenuity to power a number of established inventions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first working electric vehicle ever built however, is attributed to Thomas Davenport, inventor of the first American-manufactured DC electric motor. Davenport built a small locomotive consisting of a battery, a pivot, and two electromagnets. This would be sometime in 1834 or 1835.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.