Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/BIPOLAR
- DATE
- 1881
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1862.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 1/4
- LOCATION
- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 462
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE, POLE PIECES, FIELD CORES, MAGNET BRIDGE, PULLEY, BEARING STANDS & CUPS, AND BRUSH YOKE. STEEL SHAFT SUPPORTS & ARMATURE CORE. COPPER COMMUTATOR WITH MICA INSULATION. ZINC FIELD BASES. BRONZE BRUSH HOLDERS & BEARINGS.BRUSHES WITH STEEL SPRINGS & BRASS MOUNTING SHAFTS. MISC STEEL & BRASS HARDWARE. FIBRE & PAPER INSULATION AND CONNECTING COPPER WIRE. COPPER PROTECTIVE SCREEN. WOODEN PLATES.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 36.0 cm
- Height
- 56.5 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
- Edison
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Peterborough
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1881 - 1900
- 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 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
USED TO CONVERT DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF AN 1880'S ELECTRIC MOTOR DESIGN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TOP YOKE: 'PATENTED OCT. 9, 1880/ MAR. 13, 1881/ TYPE 1/4 NO 462/ 220 VOLTS'/ MFG. PLATE: 'EDISON/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY/ CANADIAN WORKS/ PETERBOROUGH ONT.'/ DECAL: 'THE HYDRO HISTORICAL ELECTRICAL COLLECTION'/ DYMO TAPE LABELS: 'MC.2.4 SHUNT'
- Missing
- 3 CARBON BRUSHES. DAMAGED BRUSHPRESSURE DEVICES. FIELD WIRING BROKEN OR CUT.
- Finish
- BASE & EXPOSED FIELD CASTINGS, BLACK ENAMEL. NAME & DATA PLATE, BLACK BACKGROUND, NATURAL BRONZE RAISSED CHARACTERS. WOODEN HEAD PLATES, VARNISHED. ARMATURE WINDINGS, DARK VARNISH. FIELDS PROTECTIVE STRING WRAPPING VARNISHED. BRONZE & COPPER COMPONENTS, NATURAL
- Decoration
- NIL
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Edison General Electric Co., Motor, circa 1881, Artifact no. 1992.1862, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1862.001/
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