Armature for motor or generator
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An armature for a motor or generator. Steel axle on which is woven at least three layers of cloth-insulated copper wires. Sixteen pairs of windings (4 conductors per winding) are visible that feed sixteen twisted copper leads. A band of insulated copper wire is wrapped around the armature to hold it together. A red fiber insulator is wrapped around the axle. A hole is drilled in each end. 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.319292
label: catalog number
content: 319292
label: accession number
content: 235101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Armature
label: Other Terms
content: Armature; Components; Motors and Generators; Motor and Generators; Motor and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 3 in; 26.67 cm x 7.62 cm