Unidentified direct current motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Waterhouse Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Motor appears similar to Waterhouse Electric Co. unit advertised in Electrical World, Dec. 3, 1887, page XVII.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Brown University, Div. of Engineering thru George M. Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.319274
label: accession number
content: 235101
label: catalog number
content: 319274
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 16 in x 34 in; 66.04 cm x 40.64 cm x 86.36 cm