Patent Model - Improvement in Shells
Maker and role
Benjamin Hotchkiss (American, b.1826, d.1885), Patentee
Production date
Apr 10 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, paint
Measurements
1 x 9 x 2 1/2" (2.5 x 22.9 x 6.4cm)
Description
Hotchkiss' patent furnishes "a shell with walls which may be easily broken into a large number of fragments under the force exerted by the exploding-charge." (Patent Number 189,358)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.2358a-c
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