Thomson single-phase alternating current induction motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1888
label: date made
content: ca. 1888
name: label: maker
content: Thomson, Elihu
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: No extant maker's markings. Early single phase induction motor, built by Elihu Thomson in 1888. The frame is of circular construction and consists of laminated metal sheets. A small drive wheel appears at one end of the armature shaft. Part of the brush rigging is missing from the commutator of this specimen. A stator winding is mounted under the laminated metal structure.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181728
label: catalog number
content: 181728
label: accession number
content: 33185
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 11 in x 18 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm x 45.72 cm