26th Apr, 2018 12:00

Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine

 
  Lot 149
 

A Large Geissler Tube Rotating Electric Motor

Continental(?), C.1900, unsigned, turned wooden base with terminals for low voltage to motor and high voltage to Geissler tube, brass column supports soft iron ring, bobbin wound coils to the rotor, breaker to the rear, height 44cm Reference: For a similar instrument see: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Electric_Motors/Wheatstones_motor/Wheatstones_Motor.html

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Continental(?), C.1900, unsigned, turned wooden base with terminals for low voltage to motor and high voltage to Geissler tube, brass column supports soft iron ring, bobbin wound coils to the rotor, breaker to the rear, height 44cm Reference: For a similar instrument see: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Electric_Motors/Wheatstones_motor/Wheatstones_Motor.html
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