Single phase alternating current induction motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Early single phase induction motor with squirrel cage armature. Six stationary field magnets. Coupling pulley on armature shaft. Circular frame consists of laminated metal sheets bolted together. Binding post terminals are on the motor base. This specimen is presumably of Elihu Thomson's design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181723
label: catalog number
content: 181723
label: accession number
content: 33185
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Generator
label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Generator; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 18 in x 14 in; 60.96 cm x 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm