Magnet, revolving
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BATTERY OPERATED
- DATE
- 1840–1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2411.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Davis, Daniel
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, 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
- FERROUS METAL BASE & MAGNET/ NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?) PARTS/ FABRIC? COVERED WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.4 cm
- Width
- 12.7 cm
- Height
- 29.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Magnetism
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Davis
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION WAS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA & WAS DONATED TO NMST IN 1992. - Function
-
REVOLVING MAGNET USED AS MOTOR OR AS GENERATOR, USED TO DEMONSTRATE PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DAVIS TYPE REVOLVING MAGNET, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY ENGINEERCHARLES GRAFTON PAGE (1812-1868) AS MOTOR BUT WAS ALSO USED AS GENERATOR. SOME OF DAVIS' PRODUCTS WERE DESIGNED BY OR DEVELOPED FROM SUGGESTIONS OF PAGE, WHO WAS ONE OF INVENTORS OF INDUCTION COIL & DEVELOPED EARLY VERSIONS OF RECIPROCATING & ROTARY ELECTRIC MOTORS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED "N" & "S" ON MAGNET
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BASE PAINTED BLACK WITH GOLD STRIPE/ GOLD PAINTED PARTS/ RED & BLACK PAINTED MAGNET/ GREEN WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Davis, Daniel, Magnet, revolving, between 1840–1850, Artifact no. 1992.2411, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2411.001/
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