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LicenseLinear motor, 1948
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SMG00224493
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Linear motor, 1948. The first linear motor built by Professor Laithwaite, for investigating the possibility of using linear motors to drive weaving shuttles. ( Stationary winding type)
Made of copper; softwood; steel; lead (solder); plastic covered wire; textile tape (impregnated around coils); paxolin (plasticand textile...)
Details
- Category:
- Electricity Supply
- Object Number:
- 1977-702
- Materials:
- copper (metal), wood (unidentified), steel (metal), lead (metal), plastic (unidentified), tape and paxolin
- Measurements:
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overall: 77 mm x 803 mm x 95 mm, ,
- type:
- motor
- credit:
- Imperial College of Science & Technology
