Page DC motor (model)
date: label: Date made
content: c1834
label: date made
content: ca 1834
name: label: maker
content: Page, Charles Grafton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: No extant markings. A radial armature with five permanent magnets is mounted above a cylindrical electromagnet that is covered with black painted cloth. The armature axis is perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder and the magnets are painted red. The electromagnet is mounted on a brown wooden base. Reference: Groenendijk Catalog page 20, item 5h-5. Some similar spoked magnet motors are illustrated in Daniel Davis, Manual of Magnetism (Boston, 1848).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315539
label: catalog number
content: 315539
label: collector/donor number
content: 5h-5
label: accession number
content: 216300
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: 15 3/4 in x 6 in x 6 in; 40.005 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm