Patent Model - Process of Depositing Iridium and Product of the same
Maker and role
William Dudley, Patentee
American Iridium Company (estab. 1881), Assignee
Production date
May 03 1887
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iridium
Measurements
19 x 11 x 1 1/2" (48.3 x 27.9 x 3.8cm)
Description
Dudley's patent was intended to "obtain a bright, flexible, adherent, reguline deposit of iridium upon metallic surfaces, for the purpose of ornament and protection of such surface from wear and corrosion." (Patent Number 362,257)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3586
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