Farmer direct current electromagnetic engine
date: label: date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Farmer
label: maker
content: Farmer, Moses G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: No extant maker's marks. Devised and used by Moses G. Farmer in his experimental electrical work. Wooden base; flat, double solenoid; lever attached to flat armature operating fly-wheel and commutator. Unit has 4 section commutator. Two binding posts are on the base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Sarah J. Farmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181971
label: catalog number
content: 181971
label: accession number
content: 2015.0173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Magnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 in; 22.86 cm x 16.51 cm x 12.7 cm