Crocker-Wheeler rotary converter
date: label: date made
content: 1891
name: label: maker
content: Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A rotary converter with direct current input and alternating current output. Single armature shaft with commutator assembly on one end and slip rings on the other. Carbon type brushes are employed on both. Bipolar field coil construction with armature mounted above the coils. Base is black marble. Nameplate reads: "Crocker-Wheeler / Company / Ampere, N.J., U.S.A. / Pat'd. May 5.1891 and Others / Size 1/6 [H.P.] D/M No. 12436 / Speed 1000 [R.P.M.] Amp. .45/.25 Volts:110 75".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Naval Gun Factory, thru D. M. Tyree
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.314812
label: catalog number
content: 314812
label: accession number
content: 210389
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Converter
label: Object Name
content: motor-generator
label: Object Name
content: motor generator
label: Object Name
content: rotary converter
label: Other Terms
content: Converter; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 9 in x 12 in; 24.13 cm x 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm