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JOHN AMBROSE FLEMING (1849-1945)
Posted by historyofscience101 in ELECTRICITY, ELECTROMAGNETISM, HISTORY OF SCIENCE, INDEX, MAGNETISM, NINETEENTH CENTURY, PHYSICS, TIMELINES on July 8, 2013
1890 – England
Fleming’s right-hand and left-hand rules are used for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion and magnetic field in electric motors and dynamos respectively
The rules are named after the inventor of the thermionic valve who devised them.