Patent Model - Improvement in Artificial Legs
Maker and role
John Condell (b.1819, d.1900), Patentee
Production date
Jul 11 1865
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, leather, paint, fabric
Measurements
26 x 9 x 6 1/2" (66 x 22.9 x 16.5cm)
Description
Condell's patent improvements are intended "to secure lightness, easy and noiseless motion, durability, and as nearly as possible, an actual adherence to the natural appearance in flexure and extension." (Patent Number 48,660)
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Object number
2015.14.533a,b
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