Westinghouse AC induction motor
date: label: date made
content: 1888
name: label: associated person
content: Tesla, Nikola
label: maker
content: Tesla, Nikola
label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Westinghouse 2-phase induction motor marked "M-33". Metal plate reads: "The Westinghouse Electric Co. Pittsburgh, 237". Case has radial fins for heat dissipation. Connection is made through two binding posts on the base. This motor is also known as the Westinghouse Model A Induction Motor or the Tesla Motor of 1888. An electrodynamic rotation motor designed by Nikola Tesla, without commutator or contact brushes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: A series of field magnets are built of laminated sheet iron and wound with two sets of coils. The armature core is of the Siemens drum type wound with comparatively few turns of wire. Two alternating currents are sent through the field at the same time, one a 1/4 phase behind the other. References: Electrical World, vol. 12, 27 October 1888, pages 221-223. Westinghouse Engineer, January 1950, page 72.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting A Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., thru G. Edward Pendray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.311854
label: catalog number
content: 311854
label: accession number
content: 151462
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 1/2 in x 7 in x 8 in; 26.67 cm x 17.78 cm x 20.32 cm