General Electric type MP motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1897
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nameplate reads: Electric Motor / Type MP 59649 Class 4-15 HP 800 Form H Amperes 26 Volts 500 Horsepower 15 Speed 800 Patented Mar. 25, 1884 - Sept. 18, 1888 - Oct. 2, 1888, Nov. 14, 1893, May 5, 1896 General Electric Co., Schenectady N.Y., U.S.A. This motor is of the open type construction, using a drum type armature with a coupling pulley on one end of the shaft. Four-pole construction is employed with curved pole pieces affixed to each field electromagnet. Four sets of carbon brushes are utilized in an adjustable rigging employing a rocker arm. Reference: This motor is similar to figure #62 opposite page 92 in MacLaren, Rise of the Electrical Industry in the 19th Century. See also: General Electric Co., Power & Mining Dept., Bulletin No. 4174. April 3, 1899.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.319257
label: accession number
content: 235101
label: catalog number
content: 319257
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 in x 34 in x 52 in; 83.82 cm x 86.36 cm x 132.08 cm