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DR. A. P. M. FLEMING gave a Faraday lecture on “The Evolution of Electrical Power” to the Institution of Electrical Engineers on May 12. Applications of electrical power are to be found in every branch of our modern communal life, and yet few of those who make use of them have any real appreciation of the discoveries in which the modern system of electrical power had its origin, of the part which scientific research has played in making modern developments possible and of the direction in which new scientific discoveries may cause its continuous evolution to proceed. Few men have entered with success, comparable to Faraday's, into such a diversity of fields of investigation. We may well marvel that with only simple self-constructed apparatus available, he was able to formulate laws and lay down principles which have stood the test of time. Since Faraday invented the first electrical generator, numerous types of electrical generators have been developed ; but the principle underlying them all is the same.
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The Evolution of Electrical Power. Nature 141, 931 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141931c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141931c0