Patent Model - Improvement in Steam-Generators
Maker and role
Joseph Harrison Jr., Patentee
Production date
Aug 04 1868
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood
Measurements
12 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/2" (30.5 x 15.9 x 8.9cm)
Description
Harrison's patent improvements include "firstly, in the application, to the said boiler, of compensating units, by which other units, of which the boiler is composed, are relieved from undue strains and consequent liability to become fractured." His invention "also has for its object the ready removal and replacing of any of the units in the boiler." (Patent Number 80,543)
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Object number
2015.14.899a,b
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