Westinghouse single-phase AC generator
date: label: Date made
content: about 1888
label: date made
content: ca 1888
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: George Westinghouse adopted alternating current (AC) for his system instead of the direct current (DC) Edison used. AC could be transmitted over greater distances and Westinghouse bought rights to many AC patents, including the "poly-phase" patents of inventor Nikola Tesla. This generator uses earlier "single-phase" AC technology and has a total power output of 8800 watts.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Cornell University, School of Electrical Engineering thru Dean William Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.318252
label: accession number
content: 231780
label: catalog number
content: 318252
label: serial number
content: 1216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: generator
label: Object Name
content: generator, alternating current
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 63 in x 55 in; 139.7 cm x 160.02 cm x 139.7 cm