Gramme generator
date: label: Date made
content: c1891
label: date made
content: 1876
name: label: maker
content: Carpenter Electric Heating Mfg. Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A Gramme electrical generator made in 1876. Black metal frame supporting field windings above and below the armature. A 7" diameter x 3" wide drive pulley is mounted on one end of the armature shaft. The brush assembly is mounted on the armature shaft away from the pulley. There are two metal tags mounted on the frame: (1) Mignon et Rouart Constructeurs Paris No.2. (2) Machine Gramme Bte s.g.d.g. en France et a l'etranger. Princeton # H69. One of two machines exhibited at Philadelphia Centennial. This is the dynamo set at front and to the left in the display case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Princeton University, Department of Physics, thru Frank Shoemaker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330604
label: accession number
content: 299612
label: catalog number
content: 330604
objectType: label: Object Name
content: generator
label: Other Terms
content: generator; electric power
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 17 in x 24 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm x 60.96 cm