Today I learned on Nostr: TIL the First Battery-Powered Electric Motor was Invented in 1834 By Thomas and Emily ...

TIL the First Battery-Powered Electric Motor was Invented in 1834 By Thomas and Emily Davenport. In 1837, they Patented a Machine to Run a Printing Press. In 1940, "The Electro-Magnetic and Mechanics Intelligencer,' became the First Magazine ever Printed using Electricity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Davenport_(inventor)
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