Gaumont aircraft generator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1917
name: label: maker
content: Gaumont Film Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: French aircraft generator, Nameplate reads: "Generatrice Mle. U. / Vitesse 4500 +-/M. / Alt. 900~_ 150 watts / Dynamo 16v _ 32A / No. 9274 / Ets. Gaumont, Paris." A cone-shaped casing with six air intakes for ventilation and three terminals presumably for voltage output. Terminals marked: E34, +3, 2. A spoked-gear wheel is spun by pulley mechanism at end of armature shaft. Odd shape of shape of specimen suggests its use in an airplane. US Bureau of Standards number R-2229 on frame.
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.317755
label: catalog number
content: 317755
label: accession number
content: 233317
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Generator, Aircraft
label: Object Name
content: electrical generator
label: Other Terms
content: Generator, Aircraft; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 8 1/2 in x 6 in; 50.8 cm x 21.59 cm x 15.24 cm