See also: Dynamo (homonymy)

Abbreviation of dynamoelectric, dynamo indicates a Machine with D.C. current functioning in electric Générateur. She was invented in Belgium in 1869 by Zénobe Gram. The dynamo rests on a physical principle: the Magnetism.

Historically, thanks to Etienne Œhmichen, the dynamo was used to produce electricity in the cars until the years 1960. The appearance of Diode S more reliable and compact made it possible to use an alternator unit + more compact Redresseur.

• One often calls by error dynamo the alternator of bicycle producing of the Alternative course.

• One calls terrestrial Dynamo the mechanism which transforms the energy of the turbulent currents circulating between the seed and the coat into a Magnetic field protecting the Ground from the Solar wind and, therefore necessary to the Life on ground.

See too

• Machine with electric D.C. current
• Generating
• terrestrial Dynamo

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