Reproduction Ferraris magnetic rotary field motor of 1886
date: label: date made
content: 1963
name: label: associated person
content: Ferraris, Galileo
label: designer
content: Ferraris, Galileo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A reproduction of the "Second magnetic rotary field motor by Galileo Ferraris (copper cylinder on horizontal shaft supported by bearings, with iron cores and yoke), 1886. [From label attached to base.] Four oval field coils of cloth insulated wire are mounted in a X configuration around a central, spinning copper cylinder. Brass pulley on one end of the axle. A coil of uninsulated steel wire is wrapped around the entire assembly, supported by the outer ends of the four field coils. A wooden frame supports the unit. Metal label on base reads: "Dono Della Associazione Elettrotechnica / Ed Elettronica Italiana / E Dello / Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale "G. Ferraris"."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Associazione Elettrotechnica ed Elettronica Italiana and Instituto Elettrotechico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris of Turin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323833
label: catalog number
content: 323833
label: accession number
content: 254122
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: 9 in x 8 1/4 in x 4 in; 22.86 cm x 20.955 cm x 10.16 cm