Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/GENERATOR
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0088.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PORTER MOTOR
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL MOTOR CASINGS & WIRING/ BRASS? PARTS/ STRING/ WOOD BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 11.1 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
- PORTER
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY OF CANADIAN GEOPHYSICIST DR. DAVID ARNOLD KEYS (1890-1977). ACCORDING TO HIS SON, SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS USED BY DR. KEYS IN DEMONSTRATIONS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN INTENDED TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN SCIENCE, OTHER PIECES DATE FROM HIS TIME AT GERMAN PHYSICIST WILHELM ROENTGEN'S LAB IN MUNICH, MCGILL UNIVERSITY & AECL. DR. KEYS WORKED WITH ROENTGEN IN MUNICH IN 1911 BEFORE EARNING A PHD AT CAMBRIDGE; HE WAS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT MCGILL 1921-1947; HE WAS VP FOR ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT AT NRC'S CHALK RIVER LABS 1947-1955; AND WAS AN AECL CONSULTANT UNTIL THE 1970'S. - Function
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TWO MINIATURE ELECTRIC MOTORS MOUNTED ON SINGLE BASE & LINKED BY CORD & PULLEYS, USED TO DEMONSTRATE INDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN COILS AS IN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR. - Technical
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FUNCTIONS AS GENERATOR TO DEMONSTRATE INDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON BRASS PLATES ON TOP OF MOTORS READS "PORTER'S/ MOTOR/ No. 1" & "PORTER'S/ MOTOR/ No. 2"
- Missing
- MOTOR NO. 2 IS MISSING ORIGINAL KNURLED NUTS FOR ATTACHING WIRES From CA of 12/05/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- MOTORS PAINTED BLACK/ UNFINISHED WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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PORTER MOTOR, Motor, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1999.0088, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0088.001/
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