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Zénobe Gramme

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Belgian electrical engineer and inventor

ScientistsLived 1826 to 1901 · aged 74
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Zénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901.

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2006National Inventors Hall of Fame
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the Order of Leopold

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Zénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point.

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Lived 1826 to 1901 · aged 74
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