In the basement laboratory of the Royal Institution in London, Michael Faraday wound two coils onto an iron ring and showed that a changing current in one coil induces a current in the other, succeeding on 29 August 1831. Electromagnetic induction is the working principle of the generator and the transformer, which is to say of nearly all electricity since, and the ring apparatus itself, in effect the first transformer, is still held by the Royal Institution.
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Milestone Year Milestone Date LocationRoyal Institution, London, England 1 Connections
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Royal Institution of Great BritainCollection, Michael Faraday ring-coil apparatusQuote, Collection, Michael Faraday ring-coil apparatus
Made by Faraday in his laboratory in the basement of the Royal Institution in August 1831
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