Indomitable Blacksmith: Thomas Davenport

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1953

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Dramatizes Thomas Davenport's discovery in the 1830's of the principal behind the electric motor, and his efforts to develop a practical, working model. Shows Professor William Henry, a leading scientist of Harvard University and first director of the Smithsonian, recognizing the genius of Davenport's invention and assisting him in obtaining financial backing to perfect it. Observes that industrialists of the period, committed to steam power, remained unconvinced of the potential of Davenport's invention.

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