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The First Generator: Exploring Electricity Conversion in Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 10 Part 9
Learn about the fascinating journey of electricity generation in Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey episode 10 part 9, as Faraday demonstrates motion turning into electricity using a magnet. Discover how this historic moment shaped the availability of electricity and revolutionized the way people lived.
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Mr. Anderson, may I ask you to dim the lights, please?
Gentlemen, I am about to induce a current of electricity
merely by moving a magnet.
Please observe what happens in the gap between the wires
when I do so.
Do you see how the current only flows
when the magnet is moving?
This is the conversion of motion into electricity.
This was the first generator.
From here, electricity would become available on demand.
Faraday was continuing to change the world and the way people lived.
And then, suddenly, an illness attacked his incomparable mind.
My dear Schoenbein, I would be very grateful to have your opinion regarding...
Regarding...
Dear Schoenbein, regarding...
My dear husband, whatever is the matter?
I began a letter to Schoenbein and could not remember what I meant to say.
This is no cause for alarm.
You work too hard. You're exhausted.
No, Sarah, this is different.
Horribly different.
It's the third time my memory has failed me in as many days.
I fear I'm losing my mind.
And what would I be without that?
Why, my darling husband, of course.
