Patent Model - Improvement in the Manufacture of Gas
Maker and role
Philip MacKenzie (b.1824, d.1891), Patentee
Production date
Jul 06 1875
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, paint, metal (lead or zinc?), brass
Measurements
12 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 7 3/4" (31.1 x 15.9 x 19.7cm)
Description
MacKenzie's invention consists in "useful improvements in the manufacture of gases by the combustion of carbon and the gases resulting from the decomposition of the same..." (Patent Number 165,347)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.1987a-c
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