General Electric type CE direct current motor

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Description (Brief):

Nameplate: "Continuous Current Motor; Shunt Wound; No. 96322; Type C.E. class 2-3 HP 1200; Form E; Speed 1200; Volts 500; Open HP 3 Amps 5.3; Closed H.P. 2 1/2; Amps 4.6. Pat. 2/14/88; 9/18/88; 10/9/88; 2/25/90; 11/10/91; 4/26/92; 12/14/97; 1/31/99 / General Electric Co. / Schenectady, NY." Enclosed DC motor with centrally-revolving armature and drive pulley wheel. Commutator segments on one end of shaft have two carbon brushes affixed. Four binding posts appear on top of frame. Similar to motor described in General Electric Co., Power and Mining Dept. Bulletin No. 4180, May 1, 1899.

Date Made: ca 1905

Maker: General Electric Company

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from Brown University, Div. of Engineering thru George M. Smith

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.319270Accession Number: 235101Catalog Number: 319270Serial Number: 96322

Object Name: motorelectric motor

Measurements: overall: 23 in x 27 in x 31 in; 58.42 cm x 68.58 cm x 78.74 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0fdb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1313372

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