General Electric direct current fan motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: Lundell
label: maker
content: General Electric Company
label: maker
content: Sprague Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A round motor of the Lundell design with a circular field magnet winding. Unit has been opened and the armature is missing. An armature (NMAH catalog number 319294) has been installed in the unit and may be the original part. Coil is cloth wrapped and cloth insulated wires are used. Tag on coil reads: "4876". This specimen may have been used for demonstration purposes. Nameplate: "Direct Current Fan Motor / No. 638226 D.L. 7440 / Amp. .31 Volts, 230 / Sprague Electric Works / of General Electric Co. / New York U.S.A." On field coil: "4876". Reference: Lundell Motors, Sprague Electric Company - Bulletin 206, June 1901, page 26.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Brown University, Div. of Engineering thru George M. Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.319277
label: catalog number
content: 319277
label: accession number
content: 235101
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: 8 in x 5 in x 7 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm x 19.05 cm