Wilde electro-magnetic machine, patent #59,738
date: label: Date made
content: 1866
name: label: maker
content: Wilde, Henry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model for US Patent 59738, "Magneto," issued 13 November 1866 to Henry Wilde, figures 3 and 4. Claim: A method for constructing magnet cylinders for magneto-electric and electro-magnetic machines by making them of segment iron concaves with intervening strips of non-electric (insulating) material. A magneto (catalog 252636) is used to energize the field coils of this machine. Turning a D.C. output current. A commutator with spring brushes is provided on one side of the armature shaft.
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.252654
label: catalog number
content: 252654
label: accession number
content: 49064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrical generator
label: Other Terms
content: Generator; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 3/4 in x 12 in; 22.86 cm x 17.145 cm x 30.48 cm