Patent Model - Improvement in Vehicle-Axles
Maker and role
Charles Ball, Patentee
Production date
Oct 07 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
3/4 x 9 x 1/2" (1.9 x 22.9 x 1.3cm)
Description
Ball's patent "consists of cast-steel axles molded and formed in one piece, of two vertical plates forming the sides of the axle, united by short transverse plates, and one or more plates forming the top, the latter having diagonal recesses to receive the hounds." (Patent Number 220,332)
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Object number
2015.14.3007a,b
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