Western Electric type G3 direct current motor

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Description (Brief):

Nameplate reads: "Western Electric Co. Motor / Type G3 No. 4455 / Volts:110 Revolutions: 1200". This machine is of bi-polar construction with field magnet poles on top of the field coils to concentrate magnetic flux through the armature. Commutator and brushes are on one side of the armature shaft. Construction resembles Thomson-Houston motors of 1895 period. Reference: very similar to Thomson-Houston motor illustrated page 156 of Houston & Kennelly, Alternating Electric Currents, (New York, 1895).

Date Made: ca 1895

Maker: Western Electric

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.318256Catalog Number: 318256Accession Number: 233317Serial Number: 4455

Object Name: motorelectric motor

Measurements: overall: 19 in x 18 in x 34 in; 48.26 cm x 45.72 cm x 86.36 cmoverall: 19 in x 18 in x 37 in; 48.26 cm x 45.72 cm x 93.98 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-19d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1300784

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