Ulary direct current electric motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1893
name: label: maker
content: W.A. Ulary
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A DC electric motor mounted on a wooden base, stamped on the side: "W.A. Ulary / Phila." Armature with two oil cups, dual pulley on one end and a commutator on the other. Two carbon brushes. Coil mounted on top above the armature. The manufacturer W.A. Ulary was located at 1018 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia in 1893. The founder was William Anst Ulary (7 September 1863 - 3 March 1943). Reference: Advertisement, Electrical World 22, (1 July 1893): xxx.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The donor reported that this "item was picked up in Norwalk, Conn. in a very old machine shop. I found it up in the attic. A quite old watchman, a former mechanic, told me he had installed it and removed it from the first tugboat in Long Island Sound to be lighted by electricity. He gave it to me to keep it from going to a junk yard after I had promised to give it a good home and see that it was properly cared for."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Charles H. Parks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0847.2
label: accession number
content: 1980.0847
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0847.2
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: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 14 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm x 35.56 cm