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Antique CENCO St. Louis motor for classroom demonstrations. Designed around 1909 by staff at a St. Louis high school, this standard physics education tool was manufactured by the Central Scientific Company (Cenco) to teach the foundational principles of electromagnetism, DC motors, and generators.
Core Structural Features~
Electromagnet Field Coil
Two-Pole DC Armature
Adjustable Binding Posts
Commutator & Brushes
Because of its entirely open framework, students could explicitly see how magnetic polarity creates physical torque, changing how electrical energy converts cleanly into mechanical energy.
This one came from MSM (Missouri School of Mines) Physics Dept.
