Air compressor

Air compressor

Projector

L. Gaumont & Cie.

French, ca. 1890s–1940s

Air compressor

Elgéphone projector and grammophone


1906
Metal, wood, and leather
Overall: 8 × 6 3/4 × 13 7/8 in., 30.4 lb. (20.3 × 17.1 × 35.2 cm, 13.8 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1715.0005
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, electrically powered, 110 volt motor with power swtich, copper rotor, leather coupler, and compressed air exchange.
Inscriptions Printed in black on product label on side of motor: Socièté des Etablissements Gaumont PARIS No 12522 110 VOLTS / Inscribed in white on top of motor: 78:1715:5

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