Elektron DC motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Elektron Mfg Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A bipolar, shunt-wound, direct current motor with a pulley on one end of the armature, brushes on the other, and a switch on top. Cast markings: "Perret's Patent / May 14, 1889 / No. 1518 / Volts 25 HP 1/6 Amp 6 / The Elektron M'f'g Co." Cast on armature bracket: "Per ret". Reference: US Patent 403487, "Dynamo Electric Machine," issued 14 May 1889 to Frank A. Perret.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the University of Santa Clara thru Rev. Carl H. Hayn, S.J.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325985
label: catalog number
content: 325985
label: accession number
content: 256489
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 8 in x 11 in; 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm x 27.94 cm