Patent Model - Manufacture of Flexible and Other Tubes, Hose, &c.
Maker and role
Isaac Harris (American, b.1825, d.1907), Patentee
Production date
May 24 1864
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, wood, fabric
Measurements
6 x 11 x 2 1/2" (15.2 x 27.9 x 6.4cm)
Description
Harris' patent "consists in producing a flexible water-proof tube or hose by lining and coating a woven tube with india-rubber, combined, with sulphur, with or without other ingredients in the following manner..." which he called the 'india-rubber compound'. (Patent Number 42,900)
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Object number
2015.14.469a,b
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