Patent Model - Improvement in Self-Measuring Faucets
Maker and role
Elisha Spencer, Patentee
Elisha Spencer, Assignee
Thomas Smith, Assignee
Production date
Oct 01 1878
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Steel, brass, paint, paper, wood
Measurements
14 x 11 1/2 x 11" (35.6 x 29.2 x 27.9cm)
Description
The object of Spencer's invention "is to expedite and simplify the drawing, measuring, and delivering of kerosene-oil, or any other liquid to be dealt out in specified quantities without drip or smell, and with the least possible manipulation." (Patent Number 208,645)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.2704a,b
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