Farmer reversible DC motor
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1875
label: date made
content: ca 1875
name: label: maker
content: Farmer
label: maker
content: Farmer, Moses G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An armature having small bobbins of wire revolves in the field of six electromagnet coils. Brushes affixed to the armature shaft revolve against a fixed commutator plate. Reversing taps are arranged on the wooden frame. A pulley wheel appears at the end of the armature shaft. No extant maker's marks. This machine was supposed to have been used by Moses Farmer in his experiments at Newport. Rhode Island.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Sarah J. Farmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181968
label: catalog number
content: 181968
label: accession number
content: 2015.0173
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: 10 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 14 1/4 in; 26.035 cm x 19.05 cm x 36.195 cm