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  2. Armature (electrical) - Wikipedia

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    In the armature, an electromotive force is created by the relative motion of the armature and the field. When the machine or motor is used as a motor, this EMF opposes the armature current, and the armature converts electrical power to mechanical power in the form of torque, and transfers it via the shaft. When the machine is used as a ...

  3. Growler (electrical device) - Wikipedia

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    A growler is an electrical device primarily used for testing a motor for shorted coils. A growler consists of a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core and connected to a source of alternating current. When placed on the armature or stator core of a motor the growler acts as the primary of a transformer and the armature coils act as the ...

  4. Stop Six, Fort Worth, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The school moved into a wooden building, as of 2008 next to Dunbar 6th Grade Center, in 1925, with the school district paying $5,000 to have the building constructed. Area residents spent $300 to fund the construction of the school, and the Rosenwald Foundation gave $1,000 more. In the 1930s, the area became a part of the Fort Worth school ...

  5. Timeline of the electric motor - Wikipedia

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    American; built a 12-pole electric motor with segmental commutator. [7] [18] [20] US 910: 1840, Truman Cook American; built electric motor with a PM armature. [18] [20] US 1735: 1845, Paul-Gustav Froment: French, engineer and instrument maker; first of various motors; first motor translated linear "electromagnetic piston's" energy to wheel's ...

  6. Pancake (slot car) - Wikipedia

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    Like most slot car motors, the Aurora pancakes ran on low voltage direct current. The term 'pancake' is also loosely used to refer to a car or chassis which has such a motor. Common Slot Car Motor Arrangements. Common Slot Car Motor Arrangements. The Pancake motor (far right) is seen end-on, with the shaft pointing toward the reader.

  7. Electric Building (Fort Worth, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The Electric Building is an 18-story Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance styled building located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The building currently houses apartments with the ground floor used for retail stores .

  8. DC motor - Wikipedia

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    The DC motor was the mainstay of electric traction drives on both electric and diesel-electric locomotives, street-cars/trams and diesel electric drilling rigs for many years. The introduction of DC motors and an electrical grid system to run machinery starting in the 1870s started a new second Industrial Revolution .

  9. List of tallest buildings in Fort Worth - Wikipedia

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    Also known as the Electric Service Building and the Fort Worth National Bank Building [44] [45] 19 W. T. Waggoner Building: 230 (70) 20 1920 Tallest building in Fort Worth prior to 714 Main; Listed on the National Register of Historic Places [46] [47] 20 Electric Building: 229 (70) 18 1930 Renovated and redesigned in 1996