1850 16 Feb. 173/2 In reference to Electric Motors he says: [etc.].
1883 1 Mar. 173/1 The small electric motors..have been ingeniously applied, under a patent recently taken out, to the working of fans for drawing-room use.
1936 Aug. 238/1 Each of the shutters for the nine lenses is actuated by an individual electric motor.
2003 Oct. (Farm & Hort. Equipm. Suppl.) 4/1 The machine was originally electrically driven, and the five sets of mounting-bolt holes meant that the machine has outlived at least five electric motors!