Object Details
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Exhibition
- Lighting a Revolution
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1837
- ID Number
- EM.252644
- catalog number
- 252644
- accession number
- 49064
- patent number
- 132
- associated person
- Davenport
- maker
- Davenport
- Davenport, Thomas
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 10 in x 15 in; 38.1 cm x 25.4 cm x 38.1 cm
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Object Name
- Electric Motor
- motor
- electric motor
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Electric Motor; Electromagnetic Devices
- Record ID
- nmah_703302
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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