Edison direct current fan motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
label: date made
content: ca. 1885
name: label: maker
content: Edison Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: A direct current bi-polar electric motor for use as a ventilation fan. No blades or safety cage installed. Filigree decor on painted on frame. Stamped: "10".
label: Description
content: Donor reports: "Last Spring,on a trip to England, I was going through the Science Museum in London when I spotted a motor in an electrical exhibit which I believe was identical to the one I have. ... This unit has copper brushes and a sort of slip ring. There is no identification plate but on the base it is stamped 10. If this is a serial number it certainly is a low one. At the time of purchase, I was told by the junk yard owner that it had come from the estate of a Dr. Godfry of Bridgeport, Conn. Dr. Godfry was an early experimenter in electricity and it is said that his house was the first one in Bridgeport to be lighted by electricity."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Charles H. Parks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0847.1
label: accession number
content: 1980.0847
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0847.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electric fan
label: Object Name
content: Fan
label: Object Name
content: electric appliance
label: Other Terms
content: Fan; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 9 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm x 22.86 cm