Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/BIPOLAR/SERIES
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1861.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON ADJUSTABLE BASE, FIELD CORES, POLE PIECES & MAGNETIC BRIDGE. BRONZE BEARING SUPPORTS, BRUSH YOKE & HOLDERS WITH BRASS SPRINGS. CARBON BRUSHES. BRONZE BEARINGS. STEEL SHAFT SUPPORTS & ARMATURE CORE WITH A COPPER COMMUTATOR & COPPER SLIP RINGS. FIELDS & ARMATURE WOUND WITH COPPER WIRE. WOODEN STAND & PULLEY. BRASS TERMINALS. MISC HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 74.5 cm
- Width
- 69.0 cm
- Height
- 72.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1890 - 1910
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED AND 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 THENATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
USED TO CONVERT DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY - Technical
-
NIL - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABELS ON WOODEN BLOCK READ: 'THE HYDRO HISTORICAL ELECTRIAL COLLECTION'/ TWO DYMO TAPE LABELS: 'SHUNT.GEN.' 'MC.2.29'
- Missing
- FIELD COIL WIRES CUT. BRUSH HOLDER YOKE BENT. ONE BRUSH BROKEN. CONNECTOR MISSING. MOUNTING BOLT BROKEN.
- Finish
- IRON WORK, BLACK ENAMEL. VARNISHED FIELD AND STRING FIELD WRAPPING. VARNISHED WOODEN BLOCK. OTHER COMPONENTS NATURAL FINISH. WOODEN STAND PAINTED GRAY.
- Decoration
- NIL
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Unknown Manufacturer, Motor, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1992.1861, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1861.001/
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