Toy Electric Motor and Lineshaft
date: label: date made
content: 1908
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy electric motor or generator was made by an unknown maker around 1908. There is a commutator and flywheel at the base that attaches to line shaft with three pulleys at the top. An engine could be attached to the drive shaft of the toy, rotating the center wheel in a magnetic field, producing an electric current.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.329037
label: catalog number
content: 329037
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 6 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 20.32 cm x 16.8275 cm x 11.7475 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 3 in; x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 8 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 17.145 cm x 11.43 cm