Question # 203 - Navigator

A gained a lot of world attention thanks to B's knowledge. Why? Identify.


A



B

Quoting Captain who in turn quoted Wiki - "Godalming ( A ) came to world attention in September 1881, when it became the first town in the World to have installed a public electricity supply, which made electricity available to consumers. It was Calder & Barnet who installed a Siemens ( B ) AC Alternator and dynamo which were powered by a waterwheel, located at Westbrook Mill, on the river Wey"

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3 comments:

Chandrakant said...

Quoting Wiki - "Godalming ( A ) came to world attention in September 1881, when it became the first town in the World to have installed a public electricity supply, which made electricity available to consumers. It was Calder & Barnet who installed a Siemens ( B ) AC Alternator and dynamo which were powered by a waterwheel, located at Westbrook Mill, on the river Wey"

The world of Internet said...

Ernst Werner von Siemens whose name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens.



----------rithwik

Vineesh said...

A is Godalming. B I am looking for. will try to answer.