Breguet / Gramme magneto
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
name: label: maker
content: Brequet
label: maker
content: Breguet, Antoine
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A Gramme-type electrical generator made by Breguet in Paris. A four-layer laminated magnet with an armature at the open end mounted on a wooden stand, with treadle-driver and driving pulley beneath. Magnet poles marked "N" and "S". Engraved brass plate above pole pieces: " Gramme. tnv./ Bte S.G.D.G./ Breguet, Ft / N'810". SGDG is Breuvete Sans garantie du gouvernement (patent without State guarantee). Unit is the large piece in the back of the showcase.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Amherst College Thru: Prof. Theodore Soller, Chairman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.328746
label: catalog number
content: 328746
label: accession number
content: 277678
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magneto
label: Object Name
content: magneto generator
label: Object Name
content: magneto, gramme
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 1/2 in x 30 3/4 in x 22 in; 143.51 cm x 78.105 cm x 55.88 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 53 in x 70 in; 96.52 cm x 134.62 cm x 177.8 cm