General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CAST IRON FRAME AND FIELD STRUCTURE, ARMATURE, STEEL ASSEMBLY. FIELD AND ARMATURE WINDINGS, COTTON COVERED COPPER MAGNET WIRE. ARMATURE SUPPORT AND BEARINGS, BRASS. TOP NAME PLATE, ALUMINUM. STEEL SHAFT WITH BRASS PULLEY. COPPER BRUSH AND COMMUTATOR. WOODEN BASE AND MISC HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

9.6 cm

Width

9.6 cm

Height

8.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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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.1900-1920

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 CURRENT INTO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SMALL MOTOR WHICH WAS POWERED BY ONE CELL OF BATTERY. USED BYHOBBYISTS & STUDENTS, AND FOR RUNNING SMALL ELECTRICAL ITEMS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'REX' PRINTED ON ALUMINUM PLATE ON MOTOR TOP

Missing

ONE BRUSH; ONE BRUSH ASSEMBLY THUMB NUT

Finish

FRAME/FIELD STRUCTURE, RED WRINKLE ENAMEL. BRASS ARMATURE SUPPORTS PLATED. OTHER METAL PARTS NATURAL. BASE: BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL. BOTTOM OF BASE, NATURAL WOOD

Decoration

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