This document is a chapter about synchronous machines that discusses their construction, operation principles, and equivalent circuit modeling. It begins with an introduction to synchronous generators and their basic components like the stator and rotor windings. The chapter then covers topics like the internal generated voltage, effect of armature reaction, and how to represent the generator using an equivalent circuit model that accounts for factors influencing the terminal voltage like synchronous reactance. The learning objectives are also listed, which are to understand the working principle, modeling, power equations, and parallel operation of synchronous generators.