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Henry Wilde (1833 – 28 March 1919〔Ronald M. Birse, ‘Wilde, Henry (1833–1919)’, rev. Brian Bowers, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 13 March 2009 )〕) was a wealthy individual from Manchester, England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine, or self-energising dynamo, an invention for which Werner von Siemens is more usually credited and, in fact, discovered independently. At any rate, Wilde was the first to publish,〔Henry Wilde, "Experimental researches into electricity and magnetism", ''Proceedings of the Royal Society'', 1866, pp107-111.〕 his paper was communicated to the Royal Society by Michael Faraday in 1866.〔Cardwell, p218.〕 The self-energising dynamo replaces the permanent magnets of previous designs with electro-magnets and in so doing achieved an enormous increase in power. The machine was considered remarkable at the time, especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations, such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt.〔Cardwell, pp218-219.〕 ==Academic patronage== Wilde joined the Lit & Phil Society in 1859 and was president 1894-1896. He made many gifts and endowments to further the cause of science including; *The Wilde Memorial Lecture of the Lit & Phil Society *Acedémie des Sciences (Paris) annual prize *A large gift to the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Benelovant Fund *A Readership at Oxford University *A Scholarship at Oxford University *A Lectureship at Oxford University *Donated two dynamos to the Clarendon Laboratory in 1888.〔Trevor Henry Aston, M. G. Brock, M. C. Curthoys, ''The History of the University of Oxford'', Volume VII, p460, Oxford University Press, 2000 ISBN 0-19-951017-2.〕 The remainder of his fortune was left to Oxford University in his will.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Wilde (engineer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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