Page reciprocating motor, patent #10480
date: label: date made
content: 1853
name: label: maker
content: Page, Charles Grafton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Patent model of Charles Page's 1853 electro-locomotive. US Patent 10480, Electromagnetic Engine, issued 31 January 1854 to Charles G. Page. No extant maker's markings. Four solenoids of heavy wires are set horizontally, with a sliding framework carrying the armature to and fro from the coils. A lever mechanism operates a small flywheel. Double-axis reciprocating engine. Patent Claims: The use of horizontal "axial" bars in combination with electromagnets and armatures, and the use of square wires in construction of helices. Reference: W. James King, Development of Electrical Technology in the 19th Century, page 270.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.252672
label: catalog number
content: 252672
label: accession number
content: 49064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Magnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 11 in x 4 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.065 cm