Patent Model - Improvement in Railway Switches
Maker and role
James Davis, Patentee
Production date
Aug 09 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Cast and sheet iron, paint, brass
Measurements
2 x 6 1/4 x 12" (5.1 x 15.9 x 30.5cm)
5 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/4" (12.7 x 15.9 x 7cm)
5 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/4" (12.7 x 15.9 x 7cm)
Description
Davis's invention "relates to railroad switches, and aims to make certain improved arrangements of the mechanism whereby greater convenience and certainty is attained in the operation thereof." (Patent Number 106,131)
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Object number
2015.14.1205a-c
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