Weston direct current magneto-electric machine, patent #180,082
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1876
name: label: associated person
content: Weston
label: maker
content: Weston
label: maker
content: Weston Electrical Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Patent model for a direct current generator. See US Patent # 180082, Magneto-Electric Machine, issued 18 July 1876 to Edward Weston. Claim: Magneto-electric machine having radially-projecting electro-magnets and armatures. Device embodies circular construction with six stationary field magnets (painted green) and six rotating armature magnets (painted red). Iron brackets support an armature shaft. Binding posts on the base. Armature currents are used to excite the stationary magnets, a very early application of this principle. No extant maker's markings.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.252658
label: catalog number
content: 252658
label: accession number
content: 49064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electric Motor
label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: generator
label: Object Name
content: magneto generator
label: Other Terms
content: Electric Motor; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 27.305 cm x 14.605 cm