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Clarke electric generator model
Clarke electric generator model

Clarke electric generator model

Datecirca 1890
Inventory NumberDW0078
ClassificationGenerator
Subject
    Maker Laboratoire de Physique, Faculté Libre de Lille
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions33 × 47 × 24.5 cm (13 × 18 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionAll wood model of the armature and commutator of a CLARKE generator showing relative portions of rotating coils and their respective brush contacts.
          Signedbrass plate on wooden bottom: CONSTRUIT / au Labre de Physique / _________ / FACULTE LIBRE DE LILLE
          FunctionThis form of generator invented and commercialized by E. M. Clarke of London in circa 1836. It is equiped with two sets of coils: one with fine wire for shocks (high voltage) and the other with heavy wire for sparks (current).

          For other examples of this type of apparatus, go to the following website.

          A complete description of this type of machine is found on the following website.
          ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Roux-Devillas Paris, May 14, 1966 (lot 5/19).
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