Jacobi DC motor (model)

Description (Brief):

Stamped brass tag reads: " A. Van Emden / Kolverstaat E. 227 Amsterdam." Field supplied by two pair of electromagnets mounted in same vertical plane. Disk type armature of brass with 8 steel nuts on each side. Connections for rotating geissler tube on arm (29.5 cm long). Reference: Groenendijk Catalogue, page 20, item 5h-19.

Date Made: c1838Date Made: ca 1838

Associated Person: van Emden, A.Maker: Jacobi

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.315536Catalog Number: 315536Collector/Donor Number: 5h-19Accession Number: 216300

Object Name: Motorelectric motorOther Terms: Motor; Electromagnetic Devices

Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 20.0025 cm x 18.415 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d36f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_705154

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