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a spinning bargain that turns invisible fields into the muscle of civilization
means A machine that converts energy — usually electrical or chemical — into mechanical motion, the thing that makes a fan spin, a car go, or a pump push.
from From Latin 'motor,' meaning 'mover,' from 'movere,' 'to move' — the same root that gives us 'motion,' 'momentum,' and 'emotion.' For centuries it simply meant 'one who moves something,' but in the 19th century, as engines and electric drives came of age, 'motor' was handed its modern job: the device that does the moving, no longer the person.
- efficiency
- electric versions exceed 90 percent energy conversion
- tesla legacy
- Nikola Tesla's AC motor still powers your world
- scale
- motors consume nearly half of global electricity
- first one
- Faraday's 1821 device spun a wire in mercury
- reversibility
- run one backward and it becomes a generator
ferrari 250 gto — most expensive car ever sold at auction: $70 million in 2023
porsche 911 — continuously produced since 1963, over 1 million built
electric motor — invented by michael faraday in 1821, powers everything from phones to tesla cars
jet engine — frank whittle's turbine first flew in 1941, powers all commercial aircraft