Armature for motor or generator
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An armature for a motor or generator. Steel axle on which is mounted a slotted cylinder made with many thin laminated discs bound together with steel straps. There are 41 slots milled parallel to the axle. Insulated heavy copper wires are threaded through the slots, and a copper commutator drum is on one side of the cylinder. A key slot is milled on the opposite end of the axle. Red fiber (?) insulator rings protect the wiring insulation from the outer two steel straps. #454" stamped twice on the copper drum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Brown University, Div. of Engineering thru George M. Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.319276
label: catalog number
content: 319276
label: accession number
content: 235101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Armature
label: Other Terms
content: Armature; Components; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 6 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 15.875 cm