James Blyth (4 April 1839 – 15 May 1906) was a Scottish electrical engineer and academic at Anderson's College, now the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow.

Electrical engineer who designed the world's first device by which electricity was generated from wind power. After experimenting with windmills James Blyth made his breakthrough in July 1887 when his cloth-sailed wind turbine in the garden of Blyth …

2024年5月8日 · When James Blyth created what many believe was the world’s first wind turbine in 1887, villagers dismissed it as the "work of the devil".

Nearly a century before anyone thought seriously about wind-powered electricity, a Scotsman named James Blyth built the world’s first wind turbine in his front yard. “When a good breeze was blowing, I stored as much in half a day as gave me light for four evenings,” he wrote.

Today's GREATforImagination invention is the first ever wind-powered electrical generator, created by the Scottish engineer and physicist James Blyth (1839-1906). Blyth was the son of an innkeeper, but took advantage of a scholarship to gain a good education and an academic career.

Scottish electrical engineer, and a pioneer in the field of electricity generation through wind power and his wind turbine. James Blyth by William Findlay (University of Strathclyde)

2021年8月11日 · In 1887 James Blyth became the first person to spin electricity from air, lighting his home in Marykirk, south of Aberdeen, with a 33ft cloth-sailed wind turbine. Blyth was born in Marykirk and had a cottage there, but by the 1880s was based in Glasgow, where he was a professor at Anderson College (now the University of Strathclyde).

James, Jim or Jimmy Blyth may refer to: James Blyth (engineer) (1839–1906), Scottish electrical engineer James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth (1841–1925), English businessman and Liberal Party supporter

Here’s everything you need to know about inventor James Blyth and his contributions to wind energy. An electrical engineer from Scotland, James Blyth created the first wind-powered turbine, which he used to power his Marykirk home.

James Blyth, professor at Anderson’s Institution, a predecessor to Strathclyde, was the man responsible for one of the earliest applications of wind power, having built a windmill in his back garden around 1885 when he first began to experiment with wind energy.