
Episode #106 - History of Physics | Faraday & Tesla
Math & Physics Podcast
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I Don't Think Tesla Invented the Motor, but Isn't He?
The dynamo is literally based on rotating magnetic fields, which then induces an electric current. And voila, we have electricity. So it's all based on just using Faraday. The reason I don't think Tesla invented the motor is because Faraday did. It was ampere who discovered this magnetic needle deflection. Orsted maybe just had a theory of how they existed,. There was no electromagnetism.
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