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Zénobe Gramme
Belgian electrical engineer (–)
Zénobe Théophile Gramme (French pronunciation:[zenɔbteɔfilɡʁam]; 4 April – 20 January ) was a Belgianelectrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April , the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme,[1] and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct currentdynamo capable of generating smoother (less AC) and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point.
Career
Gramme was poorly educated and semi-literate throughout his life. His talent was in handicraft and when he left school he became a joiner. After moving to Paris he took a job as a model maker at a company that manufactured electrical equipment and there became interested in technology.[2]
Having built an improved dynamo, Gramme, in association with Hippolyte Fontaine, opened a factory to develop the device.
The business, called Société des Machines Magnéto-Électriques Gramme, manufa
