# #Mon Aug 09 12:05:15 CEST 2010 Text__kyPjwKOdEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=

A magnet is moved under a fixed coil using a crank which causes electromagnetic induction. Pixii, the son of a Parisian instrument maker, builds the instrument in 1832. This is the first machine to generate alternating current.

Text__kyPjwKOdEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Hippolyte Pixii's Induction Machine