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William Stanley (physicist)

William Stanley, Jr. (November 28, 1858 - May 14, 1916) was an American physicist born in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1885, Stanley built the first practical alternating current device based on Lucien Gaulard and Josiah Willard Gibbs' idea. This device was called an induction coil. It was the precursor to the modern transformer. The induction coil that Stanley built was very primitive.

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AC transformer | Alternating current | Alternating current electric power | George Westinghouse | Inductor | Invention timeline | J.W. Gibbs | J. Willard Gibbs | Josiah Gibbs | Josiah Willard Gibbs | Josiah Willard Gibbs, Jr. | List of inventions | Timeline of general technology | Timeline of invention | Timeline of inventions | Transformer | Transformers | Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | Willard Gibbs | William Stanley

 

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