Farmer dynamo armature core
date: label: date made
content: 1868
name: label: maker
content: Farmer
label: maker
content: Farmer, Moses G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A steel core for a dynamo armature. A cylindrical assembly consisting of two brass end caps bolted to either end of a steel plate. Steel pins on the end caps serve as an axle. Two flat-head machine screws on one end cap, two untapped holes on the other cap. No extant maker's marks. Used by Moses Farmer in his experiments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Sarah J. Farmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181965
label: catalog number
content: 181965
label: accession number
content: 2015.0173
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: 8 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 4.1275 cm