An inverter increases the DC voltage, and then changes it to alternating current before sending it out to power a device. These devices were initially designed to do the opposite -- to convert alternating current into direct current.
The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.enedict Arnold again led a fleet of ships at the Battle of Valcour Island, and played other key roles in thwarting Britain's attempt to recapture the fort in 1776. The British did recapture the fort in July 1777 during the Saratoga campaign, but had abandoned it by November after Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.
The day after the fall of Fort Pulaski, April 12, 1862, Civil War spies (soldiers out of uniform behind enemy lines) under the command of civilian James Andrews stole a locomotive in Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), Georgia. The Great Locomotive Chase ended almost 90 miles later, two miles north of Ringgold.