Unidentified direct current motor
Unidentified direct current motor
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- Description (Brief)
- Double-pole single-throw switch on top is stamped "30A A.C. or D.C. T.N.B. Copper Co., Taunton, Mass." Flywheel has handle for manual use. Armature coil 10" outside diameter, four coils mounted around armature. Handle on flywheel suggests some use involving running the armature as a generator.
- Motor appears similar to Waterhouse Electric Co. unit advertised in Electrical World, Dec. 3, 1887, page XVII.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- motor
- electric motor
- date made
- ca 1890
- maker
- Waterhouse Electric Co.
- Measurements
- overall: 26 in x 16 in x 34 in; 66.04 cm x 40.64 cm x 86.36 cm
- ID Number
- EM.319274
- accession number
- 235101
- catalog number
- 319274
- Credit Line
- from Brown University, Div. of Engineering thru George M. Smith
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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