Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This toy electric motor or generator was made by an unknown maker around 1908. There is a commutator and flywheel at the base that attaches to line shaft with three pulleys at the top. An engine could be attached to the drive shaft of the toy, rotating the center wheel in a magnetic field, producing an electric current.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- 1908
- ID Number
- MC.329037
- catalog number
- 329037
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, electric motor
- Physical Description
- cast iron, brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 6 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 20.32 cm x 16.8275 cm x 11.7475 cm
- flywheel - from catalog card: 3 in; x 7.62 cm
- overall - from catalog card: 8 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 17.145 cm x 11.43 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847243
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8a66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
