Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC-DC/110V/SERIES
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0161.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison, Thomas A. Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2378
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST ALUMINUM CASE. INSULATED COPPER WIRE FIELD & ARMATURE WINDINGS. COPPER, MICA INSULATED, COMMUTATOR. FIBRE BRUSH HOLDER RING. BRONZE BRUSH HOLDERS WITH STEEL SPRING-LOADED STEEL PRESSURE LEVER. CARBON BRUSHES. MISC. STEEL HARDWARE, BRONZE BEARINGS: LUBRICATEDWITH OIL-SATURATED COTTON WICKS IN DRILLED CHAMBERS. STEEL SHAFT; CAST IRON MOUNTING BRACKET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Conversion
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Edison
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Orange
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C.1930-1940
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY - Technical
-
TYPICAL OF SMALL MOTORS USED TO POWER DOMESTIC APPLIANCES OR EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS SEWING MACHINES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CIRCULAR PLATE SCREWED TO CASING READS: 'MOTOR/ NO 2378/ Edison/ MADE AT/ Orange, N.J./ U.S.A./ UNIVERSAL FOR ALL CIRCUITS WITH PROPER RESISTANCE/ by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.'
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- CASE HAS NATURAL ALUMINUM FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Edison, Thomas A. Inc., Motor, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1996.0161, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0161.001/
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