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    Zénobe Théophile Gramme (French pronunciation: [zenɔb teɔfil ɡʁam]; 4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at...
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    generator that produces direct current, named for its Belgian inventor, Zénobe Gramme, and was built as either a dynamo or a magneto. It was the first generator...
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    coils. Zénobe Gramme reinvented Pacinotti's design in 1871 when designing the first commercial power plants operated in Paris. An advantage of Gramme's design...
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  • telephone. A secondary prize of 20,000 francs was awarded to Zénobe Gramme. 1888 Zénobe Gramme, for his labours in introducing and perfecting the continuous-current...
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  • a minor planet Institut Gramme, a graduate school of engineering part of Haute École HELMo in Liege in Belgium Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), Belgian electrical...
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  • condenser – Thomas D. Graham Graham cracker – Rev Sylvester Graham Gramme dynamo – Zénobe Gramme Gregorian telescope – James Gregory Guillotine – Joseph-Ignace...
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    thrown and the area was lit by electric Yablochkov arc lamps, powered by Zénobe Gramme dynamos. Thomas Edison had on display a megaphone and phonograph. International...
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  • The Gramme Institute is a graduate school of engineering part of Haute École HELMo in Liège in Belgium. It was founded in 1906 by Belgian Jesuit Adolphe...
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    arc light idea into a complete system of electric lighting powered by Zénobe Gramme direct current dynamos fitted with an inverter to supply single-phase...
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    François Walther de Sluze (1622–1685), mathematician and abbot of Amay Zénobe Gramme (1824-1902), inventor of the dynamo "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente...
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    Hyères) was a French electrical engineer who worked with Zénobe Gramme on the development of the Gramme machine (the first industrially viable electrical generator)...
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    the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1919) Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), inventor of the Gramme machine Marc Lacroix (born 1952), biochemist and cancer...
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  • commander and Marshal of France Zénobe Gramme – inventor of the Direct Current (DC) Dynamo. A statue on the grave of Zénobe sits and looks at a dynamo rotor...
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    first commercially successful DC motors followed the developments by Zénobe Gramme who, in 1871, reinvented Pacinotti's design and adopted some solutions...
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    wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric. In early 1871 Belgian inventor Zénobe Gramme invented a generator powerful enough to produce power on a commercial...
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    coincidentally, this term was first coined earlier by a Belgian inventor Zénobe Gramme for the electrical generator. Dynamo, together with Armed Forces sports...
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  • James Edward Henry Gordon (J.E.H. Gordon) Electric lighting and power Zénobe Gramme Dynamo Elisha Gray Telephone pioneer Richard Grimsdale Transistorized...
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    electrode cones that doubled as vessels bridged by damp asbestos. Zénobe Gramme invented the Gramme machine in 1869, making electrolysis a cheap method for hydrogen...
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  • Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819) 1901 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826) 1907 – Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish...
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  • the Place de l'Opera, using electric Yablochkov arc lamps, powered by Zénobe Gramme alternating current dynamos. Yablochkov candles required high voltage...
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  • (1853–1938), Denmark / Germany – Gram staining (histology) Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), Belgium/France – Gramme dynamo Temple Grandin (born 1947), squeeze machine...
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  • American engineer and businessman (d. 1868) 1826 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (d. 1901) 1829 – Owen Suffolk, Australian...
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    in 1899, the first international radio broadcast to France was made. Zénobe Gramme of Belgium made a much better design in 1870 with self-excitation of...
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    Goffin (born 1990), tennis player Anton Gosswin (16th century), composer Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), inventor André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813), composer...
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  • by-product of some chemical research. 1873: Zénobe Gramme invents the first commercial electrical generator, the Gramme machine. 1874: Gustave Trouvé invents...
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  • the Cross). Philippe Geluck, comics artist and cartoonist (Le Chat). Zénobe Gramme, (1826–1901) inventor of the dynamo. Raymond Goethals, (1921–2004) soccer...
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  • Godetia, oceanographic research vessel A962 Belgica, and schoolschip A958 Zenobe Gramme The Medical Component (French: Composante Médicale Dutch: Medische Component)...
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  • the Place de l'Opera, using electric Yablochkov arc lamps, powered by Zénobe Gramme alternating current dynamos. Yablochkov candles required high voltages...
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    generator) for powering arc lights. Brush began with the dynamo design of Zénobe Gramme but his final design was a marked divergence, retaining the ring armature...
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    This show was a great stir. The public could admire the dynamo of Zénobe Gramme, the incandescent light, the théâtrophone (with stereophonic sound)...
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