When Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith from Vermont, first submitted his patent around 1835 for a motor that turned electricity into mechanical force, the U.S. Patent Office simply found it unbelievable. Davenport had been experimenting for years by that point, disassembling the first electromagnets and tinkering, often with the help of his wife Emily, who supplied [...]
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