Holtzer-Cabot fractional horsepower motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1892
name: label: maker
content: Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A bi-polar direct current motor with single field coil at the base and curved pole pieces arranged vertically. Armature turns at top of frame and has a segmented commutator at one end of the shaft. Two copper wire brushes are employed in a spring tension rigging. One brush is badly bent. Oil feed arrangement on either side of armature shaft. Two binding posts and a turn switch on wooden base. Nameplate reads: "Automatic Motor / Manufactured by / The Holtzer- Cabot Electric Co. / Boston, Mass. / 1/8 H.P. 110 volts / No. F. 192." Gold decorative filigree painted on frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Nathan W. Perrie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321869
label: catalog number
content: 321869
label: accession number
content: 245891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 9 in x 7 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 22.86 cm x 19.05 cm