An armature core for a motor or generator
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An armature core for a motor or generator. Steel axle on which is mounted a cylinder made of many laminated steel plates; brass end plates. Space for four pairs of wires to be wrapped parallel to the axle. Detent milled near one end of axle, holes are drilled in both ends. Varnished cloth insulation has somewhat degraded. No extant makers marks. Appears similar to catalog number 319285, except that unit has 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.319284
label: catalog number
content: 319284
label: accession number
content: 235101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Armature
label: Other Terms
content: Armature; Components; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 5 in; 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm