Farmer direct current generator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
name: label: maker
content: Farmer, Moses G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: No extant markings. Description: This machine was one of six used in Newport for experimental lighting. Two flat type field electromagnets are positioned on either side of a Siemens drum-type armature. Spring-type brushes are used on a sectioned commutator. A pulley wheel is mounted on the shaft. Two binding posts are affixed to a top wooden crosspiece.
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.181963
label: catalog number
content: 181963
label: accession number
content: 2015.0173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Generator
label: Object Name
content: generator
label: Object Name
content: dynamo
label: Other Terms
content: Generator; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 6 1/4 in x 17 in; 30.48 cm x 15.875 cm x 43.18 cm