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Magneto-Electric Machine, English, c. 1860

Inventory Number 73405

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.73405

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Sir A. H. Church.
Physical material
Wood
copper alloy
Iron
Dimensions
Height: 165mm Width: 216mm Depth: 142mm Weight: 5850g
Inventory No
73405

Description

This form of electric generator was developed by the instrument maker William Ladd in 1856. He incorporated Werner von Siemens' shuttle armature of the same date, consisting of an iron cylinder with two deep grooves for the winding.

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