Davenport demonstration apparatus: reciprocating motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
name: label: maker
content: Davenport, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Reciprocating Electric Motor used by Thomas Davenport. At one end of wooden base (painted red) is a pair of vertical electromagnets. They operate a rocker arm that in turn is linked to the beam driving a fly wheel. The base has 2 terminals with a crank-shaped screw in piece and is mounted on wooden pegs. Unit appears homemade but similar to pieces sold by Daniel Davis.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Frank E. Chandler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315892.04
label: accession number
content: 222039
label: catalog number
content: 315892.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electromagnetic Demonstration Apparatus
label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 9 in x 4 in; 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm x 10.16 cm