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galileo ferraris 7 february 1897 turin , kingdom of italy livorno vercellese , kingdom of sardinia 300px italian physics , engineering 31 october 1847 alternating current galileo ferraris.jpg galileo ferraris
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galileo ferraris

galileo ferraris -lrb- 31 october 1847 -- 7 february 1897 -rrb- was an italian physicist and electrical engineer , noted mostly for the studies and independent discovery of the rotating magnetic field , a basic working principle of the induction motor .
ferraris published an extensive and complete monograph on the experimental results obtained with open-circuit transformers of the type designed by the power engineers lucien gaulard and john dixon gibbs .
