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 four layers of cloth-insulated copper wires. Sixteen pairs of windings (4 conductors per winding) are visible that feed fifteen twisted copper leads. Two bands of copper wire and three paper bands are wrapped around the armature. Cloth tape 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.319288
label: catalog number
content: 319288
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: 15 in x 3 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 8.89 cm