Model of Page electrical reciprocating locomotive motor of 1853
date: label: date made
content: 8 April 1897
name: label: maker
content: Model Shop, United States National Museum
label: maker
content: Page, Charles Grafton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 1/6 scale model of Charles Page's 1853 electro-locomotive, made for the Nashville Exposition, 8 April 1897. No extant maker's markings. Four solenoids of heavy wires are set horizontally, with a sliding framework carrying the armature to and fro from the coils. A lever mechanism operates a small flywheel. Double-axis reciprocating engine. One magnet is broken. Reference: W. James King, Development of Electrical Technology in the 19th Century, page 270.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Made in the museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181436
label: catalog number
content: 181436
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 11 in; 13.335 cm x 12.065 cm x 27.94 cm