Patent Model - Wind-Engine
Maker and role
Alvin Winchell (b.1822, d.1907), Patentee
Production date
Apr 17 1888
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
12 x 9 x 5 1/2" (30.5 x 22.9 x 14cm)
Description
Winchell's patent "relates to new and useful improvements in wind-engines; and the object of the invention is to so construct a wind-engine that it can be used for driving machinery of all kinds without the so-called "creeping" occasioned with the present mode of gearing..." (Patent Number 381,313)
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Object number
2015.14.3916a,b
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