Wilde generator with magneto (replica)
date: label: Date made
content: 1964
name: label: associated person
content: Wilde
label: maker
content: Miniature Engineering Ltd.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A replica of Henry Wilde's 1863 dynamo generator with magneto exciter. A two-part generator with an upper section (magneto) having a row of twenty horseshoe magnets with an armature mounted along the bottom. A commutator is on one end of the armature and a pulley is on the other end. The upper section is mounted on a wooden plate along with two binding posts. The wooden plate is mounted to the top of the lower section which has two wire-wrapped field poles with an armature mounted along the bottom. A commutator is on one end of the armature and a pulley is on the other end. Oil cups are set on both ends. An exhibition label reads: "Patented in 1863 by Henry Wilde (1833 – 28 March 1919), this combination-generator made use of a small magneto (mounted to the top of the assembly) to energize the electromagnetic coils on the main generator. Capable of producing more current than a simple generator, the Wilde dynamo was one of several devices invented in the mid-1860s that inspired the development of larger and more efficient power generation devices."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3038.01.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3038
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Generator
label: Object Name
content: magneto generator
label: Other Terms
content: Generator; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: upper section: 10 in x 5 1/2 in x 15 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower section: 21 in x 12 in x 29 in; 53.34 cm x 30.48 cm x 73.66 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 12 in x 29 in; 78.74 cm x 30.48 cm x 73.66 cm