RUTHWELL, a parish, in the county of Dumfries containing the village of Clarencefield, 7Â½ miles (W. by N.) from Annan.
This is the basis of generation in rotating machines. You can produce a current in a conductor by connecting opposite ends to the + and-poles of a battery, but don't try this with your car battery or you will burn out the conductor and produce a lot of heat. It is safer to use a small dry battery.
HOW AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR WORKS. Generators by definition are devices that produce electricity from mechanical energy based on the phenomenon called electromagnetic induction. The mechanical energy in turn is converted from chemical or nuclear energy in various types of fuel, or obtained from renewable sources, such as wind or falling water.