Page direct current reciprocating motor (model)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: associated person
content: Page, Charles Grafton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Typed paper strip reads: "Reciprocating Motor, Page's Type, about 1840." Two sets of spool electromagnets are affixed to a wooden base. Iron armatures arranged on two balances alternately move in and out of the magnets. A geared mechanism turns a fly-wheel. Reference: American Journal of Science, vol. 35, page 264.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.318322
label: catalog number
content: 318322
label: accession number
content: 232729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 12 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm