The manufacturer of this generator started in 1884 as the Geo. F. Card & O. W. Jantz Manufacturing Company. It was renamed to the Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company when George Bullock, who graduated from Cornell University in 1882, took over the company in 1887. In 1904 the company was leased by Allis-Chalmers and finally acquired …
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1/2 HP. 1160 RPM. 2.2 Amp, 230 Volts. Pat’d May 5-91
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110 Volt, 16 Amp, 1000 RPM, 2 Horsepower
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A 14 KW Direct Current Generator made by the General Electric Co. of Schenectady, New York. This generator is attached to a New York Safety horizontal engine that was originally located in Lippitt Hall at the University of Rhode Island.
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Low voltage, high current DC plating generator
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This Thomson-Houston Electric Company generator was delivered to the Hartford Electric Light Company shortly after it was made, which we estimate from patent dates on the builder’s plate to have been about 1886. The generator, which could power 28 lights, was connected to an Armington & Sims Engine Company steam engine. The engine and generator …
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