Weston direct current dynamo, patent #209,532
Weston direct current dynamo, patent #209,532
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- Description (Brief)
- A patent model for a direct current generator. See US Patent # 209532, Dynamo Electric Machine, issued 29 October 1878 to Edward Weston. Claim: Specially constructed armature core featuring improved ventilation and specially wound two coil system armature featuring eight loop commutator connection. Non-operative model has a wooden frame with wooden armature wound with green silk wire. Four field magnets are used, two above and two below the rotating armature. Commutator is at very end of shaft. No extant maker's markings.
- Object Name
- Electric Generator
- dynamo
- generator
- Other Terms
- Electric Generator; Electromagnetic Devices
- Date made
- ca. 1878
- date made
- ca 1878
- associated person
- Weston
- maker
- Weston
- Weston, Edward
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 10 1/2 in x 5 in; 27.94 cm x 26.67 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- EM.252659
- catalog number
- 252659
- accession number
- 49064
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Exhibition
- Lighting a Revolution
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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