Farmer reversible direct current motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
name: label: maker
content: Farmer
label: maker
content: Farmer, Moses G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Iron frame mounted on a wooden base. Four green stationary field electromagnets mounted horizontally with one pair on either side of the armature. Five sets of twin-coil electromagnets revolve on the armature. An iron pulley is affixed to one end of the armature shaft and a metal gauge is mounted in front of the commutator on the other end. No extant maker's markings, but the pulley, base, and frame are painted with red, gold, and green decorations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Sarah J. Farmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181970
label: catalog number
content: 181970
label: accession number
content: 2015.0173
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 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 34.29 cm x 34.29 cm