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Fuente: Bo Krantz Simonsen (dominio público) Seguro que sabes acerca de los generadores eléctricos. Sí, esos aparatos que usan el magnetismo para producir electricidad. Como las turbinas de las centrales hidroeléctricas. O mareomotrices, o eólicas, o… Hay muchos tipos de generadores por la fuente de energía que emplean,…