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Electric motor in the era of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla, were considered mysterous, followed by a long era of being a commondity. Now that motors are controlled by software they are the center of intense reseach.

There is much confusing and contradicting published material about electric motors. Also, motors brige the skills of electrical and mechanical engineers as exlimlified by the equation p = iv = Γ ω.