Patent Model - Improvement in Carbureters
Maker and role
Hiram Maxim (b.1840, d.1916), Patentee
Production date
Mar 04 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, iron
Measurements
13 x 4 1/2 x 6" (33 x 11.4 x 15.2cm)
Description
Maxim's patent for "new and useful Improvement in Machines for Carbureting Air..." produces a "machine for carbureting air for illuminating purposes that is completely automatic in its operation, and which shall be cheap to construct, easy to understand and operate, safe in its use, and from its small size requiring but little room." (Patent Number 212,857)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.2805a,b
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