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    Who was William Sturgeon?

    Question #125972. Asked by serpa. (May 16 12 6:03 PM)


    DomiNeyTor

    		William Sturgeon was an English electrical engineer who devised the first electromagnet capable of supporting more than its own weight.

    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/570124/William-Sturgeon

    May 16 12, 6:13 PM
    bwol

    		an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical English electric motor.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sturgeon


    May 17 12, 6:40 AM

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