Armature for motor or generator
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An armature for a motor or generator. Steel axle on which is mounted a cylinder made of many laminated steel plates and wrapped with thin insulated copper wires. Four pairs of wires wrapped parallel to the axle with about 11 copper pairs on one end. Varnished cloth insulation has mostly degraded. A brass plate-clamp on secures the steel plates. No extant makers marks. Appears similar to catalog number 319284, except that unit has no wire windings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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.319285
label: catalog number
content: 319285
label: accession number
content: 235101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Armature
label: Other Terms
content: Armature; Components; Motor and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 5 in; 36.195 cm x 12.7 cm