Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/SERIES
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1769.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Kendrick & Davis Co.
- MODEL
- PORTER MOTOR 1
- LOCATION
- Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON FIELD/FRAME, BRASS BEARING SUPPORTPIECES, BRONZE BEARINGS, BRASS BRUSH HOLDERS, COPPER BRUSHES. STEEL ARMATURE ASSEMBLY, COTTON COVERED COPPER MAGNET WIRE FIELD AND ARMATURE WINDINGS, COPPER COMMUTATOR. BRASS HARDWARE. BRASS TOP PIECE/NAME PLATE. STEEL SHAFT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.5 cm
- Width
- 8.2 cm
- Height
- 8.7 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
- Kendrick Davis
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Hampshire
- City
- Lebanon
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C.1900-1930
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992 - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRIC ENERGY INTO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SMALL MOTOR USED TO PROVIDE POWER FOR MODELS OR CONSTRUCTION SETS, IE) MECHANO, ERECTOR, ETC - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SQUARE PLATE SCREWED TO TOP OF MOTOR HOUSING READS: 'PORTER MOTOR/ K&D/ NO 1'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FRAME/FIELD ASSEMBLY, RED WRINKLE FINISH ENAMEL. TOP PLATE, BRASS WITH RAISED LETTERING. BACKGROUND BLACK ENAMEL. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS NATURAL COLOUR. BEIGE-COLOURED WINDINGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Kendrick & Davis Co., Motor, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1992.1769, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1769.001/
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