French hand-driven direct current generator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1917
label: date made
content: ca. 1917
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
label: maker
content: Dynalterna
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: French direct current generator for use in military field operations. Brass plates on wooden case and generator frame read: "Dynalterna / Btes S.G.D.G. / No.1 Serie 51 / 62 BIs, Av. Parmentier, Paris"; also Bureau of Standards record number "R-2205" appears on iron frame, wooden case and inside angle piece. Breuvete SGDG is Sans garantie du gouvernement (patent without State guarantee). A crank (missing from unit) turns a series of gears coupled to the armature shaft of a small D.C. generator. Two binding posts on the frame provide output current. The external angle-iron frame is designed to be pushed into the earth for leverage. A padding arrangement permits pack type carrying with shoulder straps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the United States Bureau of Standards, Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.313583
label: catalog number
content: 313583
label: accession number
content: 188571
label: collector/donor number
content: R-2205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Generator
label: Other Terms
content: Generator; Components; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 9 1/2 in x 6 in x 8 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 15.24 cm x 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 10 in x 9 in; 71.12 cm x 25.4 cm x 22.86 cm