Motor

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OBJECT TYPE: SINGLE PHASE/2 HP/60 CYC/CONSTANT SPEED
DATE: 1905
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1970.0461.002

MANUFACTURER: Century Electric Co.
MODEL: CENTURY
LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 30376
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 10
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Machine
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Manufacturer

AKA: Century
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Missouri
City: St. Louis

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: (From 1970.0461.001) Drill presses were an essential part of Canadian machine shops in the 19th and 20th centuries. Before 1850, Canadian manufacturers were overshadowed by American and British technologies, but by 1860 major machine shops were implemented in Canada, most either using or manufacturing drill presses. These machine shops allowed Canadians to start building Canadian manufactured machines and initiated the industrial era in Canada (1850-1900). This particular drill press was donated by MONS, which could possibly be the Museum of Natural Sciences. However, it does not have any other important Canadian features. Hoefer Manufacturing Co. had exclusive agencies established in important cities in Canada circa 1908.
Function: To convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, providing power to a drill press.
Technical: (From 1970.0461.001) Drill presses existed since the 19th century. Before electricity, hand-cranked drill presses were used, but the invention of motors brought about drill presses which were easier to operate. Motorized drill presses offered more secure operation and the angle of the spindle could be fixed for accurate, repetitive drilling. Worktable holds metal piece rigidly as the hole is drilled. Comes with motor manufactured by Century Electric Co., St. Louis. Century Electric Co, is now under A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co. Approximately 65 years old.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Finish: Unknown
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Century Electric Co., Motor, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1970.0461, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0461.002/

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