Patent Model - Improvement in Grain-Registers
Object Detail
Maker and Role
Milton Nesmith (b.1837, d.1923), Patentee
Date
Jan 09 1877
Object Type
Media
Wood, iron
Dimensions
11 x 12" (27.9 x 30.5cm)
Description
Nesmith's patent "relates to that class of registers which are provided with and actuated by a rotary table, which is turned by passing the measures of grain around thereon; and the invention consists in a peculiar manner of constructing and combining the parts, whereby the register is simplified and cheapened, the nature of the pieces used being such that they may be made of cast metal and that they require no expensive fitting or flushing." (Patent Number 186,042)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object No
2015.14.2310a,b
Currently on Display
No
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