Edison direct current 1/2 KW motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: associated person
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
label: maker
content: Edison Manufacturing Company
label: maker
content: Edison System
label: maker
content: Edison General Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nameplate reads: "Edison System / Patented / Dec 23, 1879, Aug. 22, 1882 / Sept. 19, 1882, Oct. 10, 1882." Also: "Edison General Electric Co. / Schenectady Works / .5 Kilo watts. Volt 125 / No.416." A small bipolar motor. Armature turns below field coil axis and between two curved pole pieces. Two brushes are used on the segmented commutator, with a coupling wheel on the other end of the armature shaft. Reference: Instructions for Installing and Operating Bi-Polar Generators for Incandescent Lighting (Schenectady: General Electric Co., 1894). See also J. W. Hammond' "Men and Volts," page 166.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.319265
label: catalog number
content: 319265
label: accession number
content: 235101
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: 16 in x 10 in x 15 in; 40.64 cm x 25.4 cm x 38.1 cm