Houston electric motor, US patent #356,878
date: label: date made
content: 1886
name: label: maker
content: E. J. Houston
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A patent model for an electric motor. See US Patent 356878, Electric Motor, issued 1 February 1887 to Edwin J. Houston. Claim: Variations is design of field magnet frame to obtain simplicity and economy of operation. Paper label on base: "E. J. Houston". A wooden base supports a cast iron frame partially coiled with shellac-covered wire. This machine has a revolving armature consisting of two Siemens armatures placed on the same shaft at right angles to each other. The usual commutator and brush arrangement is utilized though one brush has been replaced. Two binding post terminals are used for input current (nut missing from one post).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.252661
label: catalog number
content: 252661
label: accession number
content: 49064
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: 5 in x 12 in x 5 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 30.48 cm x 13.97 cm