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 insulators. There are 12 slots parallel to the axle, eight of which have insulators, four are open. Cloth insulated copper wires are threaded through the slots under the insulators, and a brass, 2-section commutator drum is on one side of the cylinder. A hole is drilled in both ends of the axle. No extant maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.319291
label: catalog number
content: 319291
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: 13 in x 2 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 6.35 cm