General Electric type CE motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1896
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Markings: Tag reads: "Electric motor shunt sound Type CE class 2-3 HP. 1100 No. 71473 Spec. No Form A Speed 1100 Volts 114 Open - Hp. 3 Amp 23.4 Closed Hp 2 1/2 Amp 19.5 Patented Feb. 14, 1888; Oct. 9, 1888; Dec 25, 1888; Feb. 25, 1890; May 6, 1890; Nov. 10, 1891; May 14, 1891; May 14, 1895; May 28, 1895, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. U.S.A." Two flat field magnets have curved pole pieces. Armature is of the drum type and has a coupling pulley on one end of the shaft. Two carbon brushes in a rigging are used in the commutator. Frame is of the round type, exposed on both sides of the armature shaft. Four binding post terminals are on top of the frame. Reference: The GE Motor, General Electric Co., Power and Mining Dept. Bulletin No.4180, May 1, 1899.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.319258
label: accession number
content: 235101
label: catalog number
content: 319258
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 32 in x 35 in; 63.5 cm x 81.28 cm x 88.9 cm