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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/BIPOLAR/SHUNT
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1852.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KIMBALL, FRED M. CO.
- MODEL
- D
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 390
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE, FIELD CORES, & POLE PIECES. BRONZE BEARING BLOCKS AND BEARINGS. (OILER LUBRICATED) BRASS OR BRONZE POLE PIECE SUPPORT & PROTECTIVE COVER. STEEL SHAFT, SUPPORTING LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE CORE AND COPPER COMMUTATOR. (MICA INSULATED) BRONZE BRUSH ASSEMBLY; CARBON BRUSHES. ARMATURE & FIELDS WOUND WITH INSULATED COPPER WIRE. BRASS CONNECTING BLOCKS MOUNTED ON WOOD, ON TOP OF FIELD ASSEMBLY. MISC. HARDWARE & WIRING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 89.0 cm
- Width
- 55.0 cm
- Height
- 47.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KIMBALL
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Vermont
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C. 1900- 1920. THIS GENERATOR SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED IN 1903.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & 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 ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF 110 V GENERATOR SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB AT UNIV. OF VERMONT IN 1903. HEAVY BRASS PLATE COVERING EXPOSED ARMATURE BETWEEN THE POLES IS UNUSUAL DESIGN FEATURE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate reads: " FRED M. GIMBALL & CO./ MAKERS/ BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A./ NO. 390 STYLE D/ SPEED 1450 VOLTS [blank] ". " 706 " etched in casing & highlighted in white above mfr's plate. Dymo tape label on wooden plate mounted on generator casing top reads: " IN. USE. ABOUT. 1903 ". Second label, below, reads: "SHUNT "; " third label, below, reads: " MC.2.16 ". Cast into field bridge opposite armature side: " F.M. KIMBALL & CO./ BOSTON, MASS,/ U.S.A. ".
- Missing
- ONE OILER. BRUSH ASSEMBLY TO CONNECTOR JUMPERS.
- Finish
- IRON WORK & WINDINGS HAVE BLACK ENAMEL FINISH. BRONZE, BRASS & COPPER COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH. WOODEN PLATE ON GENERATOR TOP IS VARNISHED. BLACK SUPPORT PIECES & SPACERS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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KIMBALL, FRED M. CO., Generator, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1992.1852, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1852.001/
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