Patent Model - Improvement in Fly-Traps
Maker and role
Addison Chapel (b.1842, d.1908), Patentee
James Hubbard (b.1842, d.1883), Patentee
Production date
Nov 26 1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass, iron
Measurements
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/2" (14 x 19.1 x 14cm)
Description
Chapel & Hubbard's patent "has for its object to furnish an improved fly-trap, simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective in operation; and it consists in the combination of a trapping mechanism and a prison or cage peculiarly constructed and adapted to each other..." (Patent Number 133,354)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.1500a,b
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