Armature for motor or generator
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An armature for a motor or generator. Steel axle on which is mounted a slotted cylinder made with many thin laminated plates separated by brass bars. There are 16 slots parallel to the axle, each with a brass bar. Cloth insulated thin copper wires are threaded through the slots under the brass bars, and a copper commutator drum is on one side of the cylinder. A flat is milled on the opposite end of the axle. "360528" is stamped on one laminated section.
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.319290
label: catalog number
content: 319290
label: accession number
content: 235101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Armature
label: Other Terms
content: Armature; Motors and Generators; Components; Motor and Generators; Motor and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 8.89 cm