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Who invent the transformer?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

A transformer is an electrical device that transfers energy from one circuit to another purely by magnetic coupling. The first type of transformer to see wide use was the induction coil, invented by Rev. Nicholas Callan of Maynooth College, Ireland in 1836.

but the original inventor was George Westinghouse

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