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Linear motor
- Made:
- 1948
- maker:
- Eric Roberts Laithwaite
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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:
-
overall: 77 mm x 803 mm x 95 mm, ,
- type:
- motor
- credit:
- Imperial College of Science & Technology