Eickemeyer direct current motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1887
name: label: maker
content: Eickemeyer, Jr., Rudolf
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Direct current motor with two carbon brushes, one missing. This unit may be the item illustrated on page 92 of MacLaren's, The rise of the electrical industry during the nineteenth century, (Fig.61, page 95). This motor was designed to have a short magnetic circuit, belt tightening set screws in the bed plate, and a form-wound armature coil. Unit manufactured by Rudolf Eickemeyer of Yonkers, New York. Marking: "No.100 1 H.P. / Eickemeyer Motor / 100 Volts / 2600 Rev. / Patented: Nov. 2, 1886 / Feb. 12 1880, Feb. 22, / 1887 & Feb. 14, 1888."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Palmer Physical Laboratory, Princeton University, thru A. G. Shenstone
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322769
label: catalog number
content: 322769
label: accession number
content: 248683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 23 in; 46.99 cm x 41.91 cm x 58.42 cm