QUIZ 1

• Electrical transformers trace their lineage to the English scientist and inventor Michael Faraday and his discovery of the law of electromagnetic induction.
• Thus, the electricity was induced. American scientist Joseph Henry is also credited with inventing the concept of electromagnetic induction.
• current would flow through the iron to an opposite side (the iron was shaped not unlike a donut), and current with different voltage could be created using wire that had more or fewer turns
• Who invented the transformer? Otto Blathy, Miksa Deri, Karoly Zipernowsky of the Austro-Hungarian Empire First designed and used the transformer in both experimental, and commercial systems. Later on Lucien Gaulard, Sebstian Ferranti, and William Stanley perfected the design.
• When was the transformer invented?: The property of induction was discovered in the 1830's but it wasn't until 1886 that William Stanley, working for Westinghouse built the first reliable commercial transformer