Sprague-Lundell fractional horsepower motor
date: label: date made
content: 1898
name: label: maker
content: Sprague-Lundell
label: maker
content: Sprague Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A fractional horsepower motor "probably [used] to drive" tape transmitter (NMAH catalog number 311200). A spherical metal casing, enclosed, set on two mounting legs. A brass pulley wheel is on one side of the armature shaft along with two capped access ports, brushes and two additional capped access ports are on the other end. Caps are connected to frame with jack chains. A wooden terminal strip on top has two cap-screw binding posts. Nameplate reads: "Sprague Electric / Co. / U.S.A. / Lundell Motor / Pat'd Aug.30,1892 / Sep.26,'93.Aug.3,'97. / HP. .25 Speed 1500 R.P.M. / Amp. 2.4 Volts 115 / No. 8096C". Reference: Sprague Electric Company Bulletin No. 206, June 1901, page 2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Estate of Major General George O. Squier, thru Jason A. Purcell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.311201
label: catalog number
content: 311201
label: accession number
content: 143739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 8 in x 13 in; 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm x 33.02 cm